A visitor takes a picture of fall colors of ginkgo tree leaves at a park in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

A woman wearing a face mask waves her hand to say good-bye to her friend in Tokyo, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Visitors pose for a selfie in a sunflower field in Hokuto city, Yamanashi prefecture Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. The city, known for its longest hours of sunshine per year in Japan, draws a lot of tourists during its sunflower summer festival. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

People walk over a pedestrian crossing under an intense sun Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan's government issued a warning for possible power crunch in the Tokyo area on Monday, asking offices and residents to save energy as the capital region is hit by sweltering heat, with weather officials announcing an earliest end to the rainy season in decades. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A woman in traditional Japanese "kimono" takes selfie along a shopping street at the Asakusa district Friday, June 10, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Dedicated dolls are placed at a stand during an annual Shinto event called the Festival of Repayment of Kindness at Dairokuten Sakaki Jinja shrine Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Tokyo. Traditionally, it is believed by some that dolls could give good health and happiness to children by absorbing sickness and ill fate. Pieces of doll-shaped paper, instead of actually dedicated dolls, are then burnt during the festival as they have done their roles to protect their young owners. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

People walk over a pedestrian crossing under an intense sun Monday, May 30, 2022, in Tokyo. Hot weather on Monday has set with temperatures rising up over degrees 27 Celsius (80.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Tokyo, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A dancer performs "Noh" dance-drama during a biennial festival called "Kanda Matsuri" at Kanda shrine Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in Tokyo. The festival held for the happiness of shrine parishioners and the safety of Japan was once supported by the Tokugawa shogunate in the 17th century. They say it’s one of the three major Shinto festivals in Tokyo., even considered by some as one of the three most important Shinto festivals in Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

People take pictures of Koinobori, colorful carp streamers, on display at the base of Tokyo Tower Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in Tokyo. Koinobori are traditionally flown to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

A man fishes as a container ship passes by in Kawasaki, Monday, April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

People wearing face masks walk along a street Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

With Mount Fuji in the background, a standup paddleboarder cruises near a Torii gate, an entrance gate to a Shinto shrine, in Sagami Bay Wednesday, April 6, 2022, in Zushi, south of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

A taxi drives along a row of blooming cherry blossoms Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Tokyo. Cherry blossoms, or “sakura,” are Japan’s favorite flower and usually reach their peak in late March to early April, just as the country celebrates the start of a new school and business year. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Visitors view seasonal cherry blossoms from a pedestrian bridge in the Roppongi district, Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

People gather to take pictures under a canopy of cherry blossoms in full bloom at a park Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

People gather under a canopy of cherry blossoms in full bloom Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

People wearing face masks stroll under Cherry blossom in full bloom at the Zojoji temple in Tokyo Tuesday, March 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

People wearing face masks view seasonal cherry blossoms at the Sumida Park, on Monday, March 28, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Crowds of people wearing face masks walk along a shopping street at the Asakusa district Monday, March 28, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Two women in traditional Japanese "kimono" visit the Asakusa district Monday, March 28, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)