Tokyo will not get back to normal until it sheds COVID inhibitions

Officials and businesses can revive spirit of fun by dropping masks, sanitizers

Tyler Brule

January 9, 2023 05:00 JST

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Shoppers in Tokyo's Ginza district in August 2022. © Sipa/AP

Tyler Brule is editorial director of Monocle magazine.

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