Worshippers pour water over the Arai Kannon statue at Koganji Temple Friday, June 21, 2019, in the Sugamo district of Tokyo. It is believed that pouring water and polishing the statue with a cloth have healing powers. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





Children cool off in a water fountain at a park in Tokyo on July 31, 2019. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)





Heat haze distorts the background as pedestrians walk past during a heatwave in Tokyo on July 31, 2019. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)





In this June 25, 2019, photo, a visitor takes pictures of beckoning cat figurines at Gotokuji Temple in Tokyo. According to a centuries-old legend provided by the temple, Gotokuji, a Buddhist temple located in the quiet neighborhood of Setagaya, is the birthplace of beckoning cats, the famous cat figurines that are widely believed to bring good luck and prosperity to home and businesses. Some visitors come just to snap a few photos, while others make a trip to the temple to pray and make wishes. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





A woman walks past collapsed gravestones in Murakami, Niigata prefecture, northwestern Japan, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, after an earthquake. The powerful earthquake jolted northwestern Japan late Tuesday, prompting officials to issue a tsunami warning along the coast which was lifted about 2 ½ hours later. (Photo by Yusuke Ogata/Kyodo News via AP Photo)





A man is surrounded by members of the media as he lays flowers near the Kyoto Animation Co studio building following an arson attack on July 19, 2019 in Kyoto, Japan. Thirty three people are believed dead and dozens injured after a suspected arson attack on the animation studio. Police were quoted by local media as saying a 41 year-old man broke into the Kyoto Animation Co studio on Thursday morning and sprayed petrol before igniting it. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described the incident as “too appalling for words”. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)





Japanese grannies perform hip-hop and dance to welcome G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 26, 2019. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Japanese official waits at the airport ahead of the arrivals of G20 leaders in Osaka, Japan June 27, 2019. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Police officers checking vehicles are seen through a bus window before the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump, who is attending the G20 leaders summit, near Osaka International Airport in Toyonaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan June 27, 2019. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





People walk in the rain through a shopping area Monday, July 1, 2019, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





In this Monday, July 1, 2019, photo, visitors laugh as they jokingly motion to give a push while sitting on colorful toilet bowls at the Unko Museum in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. In a country known for its cult of cute, even poop is not an exception. A pop-up exhibition at the Unko Museum in the port city of Yokohama is all about unko, a Japanese word for poop. The poop installations there get their cutest makeovers. They come in the shape of soft cream, or cupcake toppingss. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





Members of the fire department monitor the water level of the Wada River in heavy rain Wednesday, July 3, 2019, in Kagoshima City, southwest Japan. Authorities have directed more than 1 million residents in parts of the southern main island of Kyushu to evacuate to designated shelters as heavy rains batter the region, prompting fears of landslides and widespread flooding. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





A volunteer picks up plastic products during a cleanup campaign at a famed park in Nara, western Japan, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. Nine deer at the park have died recently after swallowing plastic bags. Nara Park has more than 1,000 deer and tourists can feed them special sugar-free crackers sold in shops nearby. The crackers don’t come in plastic bags, but people still carry them. A veterinarian says the deer may associate the plastic with food. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





A voter casts a ballot in the upper house elections as a representative of a local election administration commission observes at a polling station in Tokyo Sunday, July 21, 2019. Voting started Sunday morning for the upper house elections where Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition is seen to retain majority, according to local media report. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





People enjoy drive carts on a street in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





A commuter (L) walks down stairs adorned with artwork of a girl surrounded by morning glories at an entrance of the JR Kumagaya Station in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture on July 15, 2019. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)





Thousands of candles are arranged in the shape of the Milky Way to celebrate Tanabata, a Japanese star festival, at Zojoji Temple, Friday, July 5, 2019, in Tokyo. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





An annual fire festival is held in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 14, 2019. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)





Tokyo 2020 Olympic mascot Miraitowa (L) and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic mascot Someity (R) unveil Tokyo 2020 mascot robot Miraitowa at Tokyo Stadiuam in Chofu, on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan, 22 July 2019. The ceremony took place prior to the “One Year To Go Tokyo 2020” ceremony on 24 July 2019. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will take place from 24 July 2020 through 09 August 2020. The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games unveiled the mascot robot Miraitowa, developed by Toyota Motor Corp., on 22 July 2019. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





“Unari”, women in white clothes carrying meals for gods, march among rice paddy during the Onda Festival at Aso Shrine on July 28, 2019 in Aso, Kumamoto, Japan. The festival is a ritual that gods inspect the growth of rice. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)





Visitors pose in front of a digital artwork by Japanese creative teamLab presented at the Digital Art Museum “teamLab Borderless” in Tokyo, Japan, 20 June 2019. On 21 June 2019, the 10,000 square meter digital art museum will mark its first year anniversary. Since its opening on 21 June 2018, the digital museum attracted some 2.3 million visitors from more than 160 countries. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)