Uemura Ryosuke, 49, Uemura Japanese traditional food restaurant owner, holds 1.8 million Japanese yen worth of a “Matsuba-gani” male snow crab for a photograph after bidding during the first day of the auction at Hamasaka fishing port on November 06, 2025 in Toyooka, Hyogo prefecture, Japan. The largest male crab, weighing approximately 1.3 kilograms, sold for 1.8 million Japanese yen (about 11,725 USD) on the first day of the auction today. In an effort to protect snow crab resources in the Sea of Japan, the prefectural government has introduced restrictions to shorten the fishing season and limit the amount that can be caught. Each year snow crab fishery has been banned from March to November it was lifted from November 6 to March 20th. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)





Hitomi Harigae, 38, manager of Muscle Girls, a fitness-themed bar, flexes during a dance performance in Tokyo, Japan, on July 25, 2025. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Mount Fuji and city's skyline are pictured from Tower Hall Funabori Observation Deck in Edogawa district of Tokyo on November 12, 2025. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





General view – Tori no Ichi at unitama Shrine in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan on November 12, 2025. Tori no Ichi is a traditional Japanese festival held in November on the days of the rooster to wish for good fortune and business prosperity. The other major Tori no Ichi festivals happening in Tokyo is the ori Shrine in Asakusa and Hanazono Shrine in Shinjuku. (Photo by Keiichi Miyashita/AFLO/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Bright orange dried persimmons hanging in a traditional drying hut called “kaki-goya” on November 12, 2025 in Matsue, Shimane, Japan. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)





People dressed in Santa Claus outfits participate in the Santa Parade in Tokyo, Japan, 16 November 2025. The 'Santa Parade' is a winter tradition and charity event that brings Christmas joy to children battling illnesses in Japan by delivering gifts. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA)





“M-02J” prepares for its final flight on November 16, 2025 in Noda, Chiba, Japan. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)





Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776 metres (12,460 feet) is seen past autumn leaves from the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture early on November 17, 2025. (Photo by Caroline Gardin/AFP Photo)





A general view shows Japan's highest mountain, Mt. Fuji (3,776m or 12,388 feet) and skyscrapers in central Tokyo at sunset on November 17, 2025. Japan's economy shrank 0.4 percent in the three months to September, official data showed on November 17, as new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government prepares a major stimulus package. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)





People are seen on the beach as Mount Fuji is seen in the background from the Inage Seaside Park in Chiba city, a suburb of Tokyo during evening hour on November 19, 2025. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Visitors ride swan boats amid autumn foliage at Inokashira Park in Tokyo, Friday, November 21, 2025. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP Photo)





Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki (C) holds a seabream after he won the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, 23 November 2025. Aonishiki became Ukraine's first sumo wrestler to win a grand sumo tournament. (Photo by JIJI Press/EPA)





Asian tourists pose during a visit to Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district of central Tokyo on November 23, 2025. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo via Getty Images)





A woman wears a traditional Chinese costume as she rides a bicycle along the street in Beijing on November 23, 2025. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP Photo via Getty Images)





A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume swims with a penguin at Sunshine Aquarium during preparations for the upcoming Christmas special event in Tokyo on December 1, 2025. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images)