Yeah I get it. When I was last in Japan i would say maybe 30% of the time I saw someone without a mask they were a foreigner. The others are mostly the elderly who just don't care.

Given foreigners make up a tiny fraction of Japan's population, that 30% is significant. I'm in PH now and I would bet less than 25% of white people I see wear masks.

Have you been to Japan? Many wore masks everywhere even before pandemic.

I heard rumors about covid but was there ever followup on it? Is there a thread talking about it?

Sad to lose those iconic redditors. :(

Japanese standard of living isn't so significantly below Qatar's that they could afford them hahaha

Agreed. China is incredibly practical and self-serving. They have plenty of common sense. It's morals the CCP lacks.