People reach out for copies of newspaper extra edition reporting the name of new era “Reiwa” in Osaka, Monday, April 1, 2019. The name of the era of Japan's soon-to-be-emperor Naruhito will be “Reiwa”, the government announced Monday. (Photo by Juntaro Yokoyama/Kyodo News via AP Photo)





Statuettes of cats called “maneki neko” in Japanese (beckoning cat) are pictured at Gotokuji temple in Setagaya Ward in Tokyo on April 25, 2019. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)





Women wearing kimonos stand on the grounds of Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on April 16, 2019. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)





Farmers of the Sakaguchi Akoya pearl farm harvest oysters in Shima on October 12, 2018. In Japan's picturesque Ago Bay, a couple sits in a little hut picking out oysters from a net, cleaning them carefully one-by-one before replacing them gently back in the water. Their hope: in several months, these oysters will produce a glistening white pearl from a cultured farming technique invented in Japan but in decline as experts die out in the ageing country. (Photo by Martin Bureau/AFP Photo)





A farmer of the Sakaguchi Akoya pearl farm displays oysters with pearls on a table in Shima on October 12, 2018. (Photo by Martin Bureau/AFP Photo)





In this Thursday, March 28, 2019, photo, Japanese traditional dolls depicting Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga holding the new era name “Ankyu”, speculated by about 180 general public, displayed with a doll depicting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, at Kyugetsu, a Japanese traditional doll company, in Tokyo. What’s in a name? Quite a lot if you’re a Japanese citizen awaiting the official announcement Monday, April 1, 2019 of what the soon-to-be-installed new emperor’s next era will be called. It’s a proclamation that has happened only twice in nearly a century, and the new name will follow Emperor Naruhito, after his May 1 investiture, for the duration of his rule, attaching itself to much of what happens in Japan. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A visitor jumps to pose for a photo behind a display at the the Unko (“poop” in Japanese) museum in Yokohama, Japan, April 17, 2019. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A man looks at cherry blossoms in almost full bloom in Tokyo, Japan, March 27, 2019. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A businessman (R) runs down the pavement in Tokyo's Ginza district on April 3, 2019. For the Emperor's abdication on April 30, Japanese workers will enjoy an unprecedented 10-day holiday as a rash of special days off combine with the traditional “Golden Week” in May. But not everyone is popping the champagne corks in famously workaholic Japan. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)





Babies are held by sumo wrestlers during the Nakizumo or Naki Sumo Baby Crying contest at Sensoji Temple on April 28, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. 160 babies born in 2018 competed at the traditional festival that is believed to bring growth and good health to the infants. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





A general view of the Yamakura Dam floating solar plant on April 16, 2019 in Ichihara, Japan. Activated in March 2018 and the largest power plant of its type in Japan, the solar plant was constructed on the surface of Yamakura Dam reservoir and covers over 44 acres of surface area with 50,904 solar modules generating approximately 16,170 megawatt hours (MWh) per year – enough electricity to power approximately 4,970 typical households. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)





Sumo wrestlers take part in a “honozumo”, a ceremonial sumo exhibition, on the grounds of Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 15, 2019. Sumo's top wrestlers took part in an annual one-day exhibition for thousands of spectators within the shrine's precincts. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)





A couple on a boat admires cheery blossoms as they enjoy a tea ceremony in a river in Yokohama, near Tokyo Sunday, March 31, 2019. People all over the country go out to enjoy cherry blossoms this weekend as the country's iconic flower is full bloom. (Photo by Shuji Kajiyama/AP Photo)





People are reflected on the electronic board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Asian stock prices followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday on encouraging global economic data. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





A woman poses with her pet dog in front of cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo, Japan, April 3, 2019. (Photo by Kim Kyung-hoon/Reuters)





Japan's Emperor Akihito leaves at the Outer shrine of Ise Jingu shrine in Ise in the central Japanese prefecture of Mie, on April 18, 2019. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via Reuters)





Japan's Empress Michiko walks from the main sanctuary as she visits at Outer shrine of the Ise Jingu shrine, ahead of Emperor Akihito's April 30, 2019 abdication, in Ise, central Japan, April 18, 2019. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





In this April 11, 2019, photo, Kenzo Watanabe smiles as his fiancee Chiharu Yanagihara tries on a wedding dress at a Japanese wedding company in Tokyo. Japan is getting ready for its biggest celebration in years with the advent of the Reiwa era of soon-to-be emperor Naruhito. That means big opportunities for businesses hoping consumers will splash out on long holidays and memorabilia. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, April 16, 2019, file photo, a visitor posing for a photo walks though azalea blossoms at Nezu Shrine during a day of mild spring weather in Tokyo. Nezu Shrine is one of the oldest shrines in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo/File)