After getting used to wearing masks, Gen Z Japanese students are taking classes to learn how to smile. Keiko Kawano is a former radio host turned smile instructor who started her own company in 2017.

"Culturally, a smile signifies that I'm not holding a gun and I'm not a threat to you," said smile instructor Keiko Kawano. In one of Keiko Kawano's recent classes, more than a dozen Tokyo art school ...

Having worn a mask for so long, some people may have forgotten how to smile. In class they practice moving different face muscles to relearn how to smile without looking too awkward. Good morning. I'm ...

Thirty-seven people, including the elderly, took a smiling lesson to prepare for taking off their masks in public following three years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The instruction was held in the ...

Smiling lessons are now available for people in Japan following three years of government recommendations that people wear masks. After the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe in 2020, people in ...