People wearing face masks wait for a train as it approaches a station in Tokyo, Thursday, September 9, 2021. Japan announced Thursday it is extending a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until the end of September as health care systems remain under severe strain, although new infections have slowed slightly. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





Waka Tsukiyama and Sayaka Unagi compete during the Women's Pro-Wrestling “Stardom” at Korakuen Hall on September 06, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)





A farmer harvests rice with a combine harvester at a rice field on September 07, 2021 in Sasayama, Japan. Sasayama is a remote city known for fresh agricultural produce, which was named a national heritage agricultural city by the government of Japan this year. September is the month for “inakari”, the rice harvest in Japan. Harvest is mainly done by rice combine harvester. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)





A woman receives the first shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as others wait for their turn in front of pachinko pinball machines at the pachinko parlor Freedom in Osaka, western Japan, Monday, September 13, 2021. A nearby hospital dispatched medical workers to administer the vaccine to 1,500 people in two days at the pinball parlor which became a makeshift vaccination site. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





A man and a woman wearing face masks watch the Sumida River as they visit its riverside walking trail in Tokyo, Thursday, September 16, 2021. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





Visitors check their fortune-telling paper strips at a shrine Monday, Sept. 20, 2021 in Tokyo. Japanese words on the lantern reads, “Illuminate a corner”. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A woman wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus enjoy the field of blooming cosmos flowers at the Hamarikyu Gardens in Tokyo, Tuesday, September 21, 2021. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





In this September 20, 2021, file photo, people wearing face masks to help protect against COVID-19 walk past a crossing in Shinjuku, an entertainment district of Tokyo. Japan’s government announced Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, the coronavirus state of emergency will end Thursday so the economy can be reactivated as infections slow. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo/File)





People wearing protective masks are seen on a train that is traveling through Shinjuku district in Tokyo Wednesday, September 22, 2021. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo)





People gather at bars that are open and serving alcohol on an ally filled with bars and restaurants despite Tokyo government has requested businesses not to serve alcohol under the state of emergency Wednesday, September 22, 2021, in Tokyo. Japan is set on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 to lift ongoing coronavirus state of emergency and less-stringent measures in all 27 prefectures including Tokyo when they expire at the end of September as the infections slow and the nation tries to reactivate its economy. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo)





Kei Komuro, right, fiance of Japan's Princess Mako, bows to the media as he arrives at Narita international airport in Narita, near Tokyo, Monday, September 27, 2021 upon returning to Japan from the United States. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





People gather to prepare for a wedding photo shoot along the rooftop area of Osanbashi Pier in Yokohama on September 27, 2021. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





A woman wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus looks at a mobile phone at Shibuya district Thursday, September 30, 2021, in Tokyo. Fumio Kishida, the man soon to become Japan’s next prime minister, says he believes raising incomes is the only way to get the world’s third-largest economy growing again. Top of Kishida’s to-do list is another big dose of government spending to help Japan recover from the COVID-19 shock. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A man walks past a public awareness sign for wearing protective masks and washing hands to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus Wednesday, September 29, 2021, in Tokyo. Japan's government announced Tuesday that the coronavirus state of emergency will end this week to help rejuvenate the economy as infections slow. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





People eat and drink at a restaurant before 8 p.m., the closing time suggested by the government for the ongoing state of emergency in Tokyo, Thursday, September 30, 2021. On Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months as the country starts gradually easing virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as the infections slowed. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





A man wearing a face mask pauses as he comes out of a department store in Tokyo during a state of emergency on Thursday, September 30, 2021. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





Commuters with umbrellas walk a crosswalk as Typhoon Mindulle travels off the coast of Japan Friday, October 1, 2021, in Tokyo. Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months as the country starts to gradually ease virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as the infections slowed. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo)





A man and a woman talk over food and drinks at a restaurant in the famed Asakusa tourist spot in Tokyo after 8 p.m., the time the government suggested to close under the ongoing state of emergency on Thursday, September 30, 2021. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





People struggle with rain and strong wind as Typhoon Mindulle travels off the coast of Japan Friday, October 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo)