After getting used to wearing masks, Gen Z Japanese students are taking classes to learn how to smile.
A private, hour-long smiling lesson with Kawano costs 7,700 Japanese yen, or $55.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon"People have not been raising their cheeks under a mask or trying to smile much," Kawano told the New York Times in early May.
"People train their body muscles, but not their faces," Kawano told the Times.
A private, hour-long lesson with her costs 7,700 Japanese yen, or $55, per Reuters.
Persons:
Gen, Keiko Kawano, —, Himawari Yoshida, Kim Kyung, Kawano, Yoshida, Yamaguchi
Organizations:
Service, Reuters, Sokei Art School, REUTERS, New York Times, Kawano, Smile, IBM Japan, Times, NHK, Chuo University Department of Psychology
Locations:
Japan, Tokyo