Etiquette in Japan been used. In Japanese restaurants, customers are given a rolled hand towel called "oshibori". It is considered rude to use the towel to wipe the face or neck; however, some people, usually men, do this at more informal restaurants. Nonwoven towelettes are replacing the cloth "oshibori". In any situation, an uncertain diner can observe what others are doing; and for non-Japanese people to ask how to do something properly is generally received with appreciation for the acknowledgment of cultural differences and expression of interest in learning Japanese ways. When using toothpicks, it is good etiquette to cover one's mouth with
Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager one entry in which Mr. Park declined to have a meal at a restaurant upon being told that it served only soldiers and military employees. In contrast with Professor An, Professor Choi concludes that Mr. Park was not a military employee and that the military brothels were essentially run as private businesses. However, Choi does agree that these businesses operated closely with the Japanese military. Concerning the controversy over whether the comfort women should be described as "sex slaves", Choi Kilsong notes that the diary refers to the comfort women as "barmaids" or "workwomen". They were treated by the military