As Japan marks the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 case being confirmed in the country, many of us are starting to feel a tiny bit irritated.
Common refrains on social media include such complaints as “I’m struggling to breathe through this mask” and “I can’t even shake off the winter blues.”
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