Covid Japan after a two year break from school you

Covid Japan, after a two year break from school you can talk again at half term

That

mokushoku

(translated from Japanese: eat in silence) is a

behaviour rules

the students had to comply with in schools to curb the spread of the infection. Except that I can’t

to chat

between them during the meal the students could not sit

turned to others

and they had to respect that

interpersonal distance

. The break had gone from an opportunity to debate with peers to a sad routine: the silence was only masked by the sound of cutlery on the plates, and because of this one headmaster had tried to make it more pleasant by broadcasting something

music

via the school sound system.

to Fukuoka

other prefectures

they followed the same example.

Miyazaki

south of Fukuoka, e.g

Chiba

, in the Tokyo metropolitan area, have begun to lift some of the restrictions and have found favor with teachers who have been waiting for signs of a return to normal for some time. But if teachers seem to agree on giving up mokushoku, the same cannot be said for parents, who fear a renewed surge in infections.