People observe a partial lunar eclipse in Tokyo, Japan on November 19, 2021. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)
People gather to observe a lunar eclipse from the observation deck of Roppongi Hills in Tokyo on November 19, 2021. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)
A woman walks a dog through a winding road at dusk Wednesday, November 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)
Visitors pose for a photograph on a viewing platform with the artwork “Tunnel of Light” (Echigo-Tsumari Art Field) by Ma Yansong / MAD Architects at the Kiyotsu-kyo Gorge on November 21, 2021 in Tokamachi, Japan. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)
An airplane flies past the moon rising over Tokyo Tower Saturday, November 20, 2021, in Tokyo. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo)
A man walks along a pedestrian bridge at sunset Friday, November 19, 2021, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)
People take photos of Christmas illuminations in Tokyo, Japan on November 23, 2021. (Photo by Androniki Christodoulou/Reuters)
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, second left, reviews an honor guard at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Asaka in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, November 27, 2021. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP Photo)
People wearing protective masks walk around the famed Shibuya scramble crossing in a shopping and entertainment district Monday, November 29, 2021, in Tokyo. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo)
People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk through the row of ginkgo trees along a sidewalk as the trees and sidewalk are covered with the bright yellow leaves Monday, November 29, 2021, in Tokyo. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo)
People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk along a street in Tokyo, Monday, November 29, 2021. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)
A medical worker of Tokyo Medical Center receives a booster shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, December 1, 2021 in Tokyo. Japan has started administering the booster shots to health care workers on Wednesday. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)
This handout picture taken on November 12, 2021 and provided by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan on November 30, 2021 shows Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino (C) sitting with his son Prince Hisahito (L) and his daughter Kako (R) in the garden of their Akasaka imperial property residence in Tokyo, ahead of his 56th birthday on November 30. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi and Handout/Imperial Household Agency via JIJI Press/AFP Photo)
An N700S series shinkansen high-speed train (R) travels past as a man is seen reflected in the window of a footbridge connected to Hamamatsucho station in Tokyo on November 30, 2021. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)
Visitors wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus stroll at Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district in Tokyo, on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. The omicron variant kept a jittery world off-kilter as Japan further tightened travel restrictions, infections linked to the new version of the coronavirus popped up in more places and new evidence made clear the mutant strain was circulating weeks earlier than thought. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)
Japanese Ground-Self Defense Force (JGDDF) Type 90 tanks drive toward a target during the annual drill with live ammunitions exercise at Minami Eniwa Camp Monday, December 6, 2021, in Eniwa, northern Japan of Hokkaido. Dozens of tanks are rolling over the next two weeks on Hokkaido, a main military stronghold for a country with perhaps the world’s most little known yet powerful army. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)
Japanese Ground-Self Defense Force (JGDDF) Type 90 tank fires at a target during an annual exercise at the Minami Eniwa Camp Tuesday, December 7, 2021, in Eniwa, Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido. Dozens of tanks are rolling over the next two weeks on Hokkaido, a main military stronghold for a country with perhaps the world’s most little known yet powerful army. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)
Ayaka Oshita, a 27-year-old diver, practices in preparation for the upcoming seasonal feeding performance as a Santa diver at Sunshine Aquarium at Ikebukuro in Tokyo, Japan, 07 December 2021. Oshita has 15-month experience for feeding fish at the aquarium after she joined the aquarium in 2019. The Santa diver performance will be held for three days around the Christmas time. The aquarium will not inform the performance time to avoid the visitors’ crowd due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA/EFE)
Elementary school sumo wrestler Kyuta Kumagai competes against Hisatsugu Sasaki at a tournament during the All-Japan Elementary School Sumo Championship at Ryogoku Kokugikan National Sumo Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, December 5, 2021. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
A man walks on an empty road, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan on December 8, 2021. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)
