A child wears a U.S. military cap while interacting with a female U.S. military member at Teizan Elementary School, which is being used as a makeshift evacuation shelter, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 26, 2011. (Mainichi)
3. Lots of Japanese people wear them, and did even before
Fukushima. Now, they have more reason, but they've done it for years. It's a crowded country, and the masks have been used to protect against things like colds and flu for a long time.
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