Japan's thin, white security blanket
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 00:00
in Mathematics & Economics
The Japanese love affair with the surgical mask goes beyond health protection, though that is again at the center of a surge in mask popularity. This time the worry is nuclear radiation.Leaning against a wall in the busy Akihabara electronics district here, Tomomitsu Funayama was enjoying a do-nothing day off from his architectural job. Yet he looked less like a slacker than a surgeon late for a big operation.