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A man looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, June 29, 2020. Shares fell Monday in Asia, tracking losses on Wall Street as rising virus cases cause some U.S. states to backtrack on pandemic reopenings. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

A man looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, June 29, 2020. Shares fell Monday in Asia, tracking losses on Wall Street as rising virus cases cause some U.S. states to backtrack on pandemic reopenings. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)



Men wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus stand at a back ally bar street in Tokyo Friday, June 26, 2020. Japan lifted a seven-week pandemic state emergency in late May, and social and business activity have since largely resumed. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

Men wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus stand at a back ally bar street in Tokyo Friday, June 26, 2020. Japan lifted a seven-week pandemic state emergency in late May, and social and business activity have since largely resumed. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)



The smartphone screen, seen in Yokohama, Japan, shows a trial version of the COVID-19 Contact Confirming Application, or COCOA, released Friday, June 19, 2020, by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. The notice explains how to record the history of the user’s contacts. The coronavirus tracing app is designed to alert users if they come in contact with someone tested positive for the coronavirus.  Once installed, the app logs data via Bluetooth from phones that stay in close proximity for over 15 minutes. (Photo by Shuji Kajiyama/AP Photo)

The smartphone screen, seen in Yokohama, Japan, shows a trial version of the COVID-19 Contact Confirming Application, or COCOA, released Friday, June 19, 2020, by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. The notice explains how to record the history of the user’s contacts. The coronavirus tracing app is designed to alert users if they come in contact with someone tested positive for the coronavirus. Once installed, the app logs data via Bluetooth from phones that stay in close proximity for over 15 minutes. (Photo by Shuji Kajiyama/AP Photo)



This handout photo taken on June 21, 2019 and received on June 26, 2020 courtesy of Genichi Mitsuhashi shows his ninja training in Iga, Mie prefecture. Genichi Mitsuhashi has become the first student ever to graduate from a Japanese university with a master's degree in ninja studies. (Photo by Genichi Mitsuhashi/AFP Photo)

This handout photo taken on June 21, 2019 and received on June 26, 2020 courtesy of Genichi Mitsuhashi shows his ninja training in Iga, Mie prefecture. Genichi Mitsuhashi has become the first student ever to graduate from a Japanese university with a master's degree in ninja studies. (Photo by Genichi Mitsuhashi/AFP Photo)



People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus are reflected on a mirror at a shopping street in Tokyo Friday, June 26, 2020. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus are reflected on a mirror at a shopping street in Tokyo Friday, June 26, 2020. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)



People wait in line at a Uniqlo clothing store at Ginza shopping area in Tokyo, Friday, June 19, 2020. Japanese shoppers queued up in a long line at Uniqlo stores and others clogged up the company’s online shopping site Friday as they rushed to buy washable face masks made from the fashion brand’s fabric for popular underwear line for summertime use. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)

People wait in line at a Uniqlo clothing store at Ginza shopping area in Tokyo, Friday, June 19, 2020. Japanese shoppers queued up in a long line at Uniqlo stores and others clogged up the company’s online shopping site Friday as they rushed to buy washable face masks made from the fashion brand’s fabric for popular underwear line for summertime use. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)



A family enters the newly-reopened Yomiuriland amusement park in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The park has been closed since the end of March as a part of the precautions to help curb the spread of the  coronavirus. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

A family enters the newly-reopened Yomiuriland amusement park in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The park has been closed since the end of March as a part of the precautions to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)



Visitors wearing protective masks play shooting game at an indoor amusement park “Joypolis” which reopened last weekend amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan on June 16, 2020. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Visitors wearing protective masks play shooting game at an indoor amusement park “Joypolis” which reopened last weekend amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan on June 16, 2020. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)



People wearing face masks shop at a mall in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Japan’s economy is opening cautiously, with social-distancing restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)

People wearing face masks shop at a mall in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Japan’s economy is opening cautiously, with social-distancing restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)



Children pray in front of the “Peace of Fire” at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa, Japan, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Okinawan people find it unacceptable that their land is still occupied by a heavy U.S. military presence even 75 years after World War II. They have asked the central government to do more to reduce their burden, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government repeatedly say it is mindful of their feelings, but the changes are slow to come. (Photo by Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP Photo)

Children pray in front of the “Peace of Fire” at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa, Japan, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Okinawan people find it unacceptable that their land is still occupied by a heavy U.S. military presence even 75 years after World War II. They have asked the central government to do more to reduce their burden, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government repeatedly say it is mindful of their feelings, but the changes are slow to come. (Photo by Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP Photo)



“The roof shibuya sky” sign seen with people enjoying the sky view during the covid 19 crisis in Tokyo, Japan on June 24, 2020. (Photo by Viola Kam/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

“The roof shibuya sky” sign seen with people enjoying the sky view during the covid 19 crisis in Tokyo, Japan on June 24, 2020. (Photo by Viola Kam/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)



People wearing face masks shop at a mall in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Japan’s economy is opening cautiously, with social-distancing restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)

People wearing face masks shop at a mall in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Japan’s economy is opening cautiously, with social-distancing restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)



Men wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus stand at a back ally bar street in Tokyo Friday, June 26, 2020. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

Men wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus stand at a back ally bar street in Tokyo Friday, June 26, 2020. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)



People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus walk toward the entrance to Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, near Tokyo, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus walk toward the entrance to Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, near Tokyo, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)



Visitors wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus take a selfie at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, near Tokyo, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Tokyo Disneyland reopens for the first time in four months after suspending operations due to coronavirus concerns. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)

Visitors wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus take a selfie at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, near Tokyo, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Tokyo Disneyland reopens for the first time in four months after suspending operations due to coronavirus concerns. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)



Visitors practice social distancing while waiting to enter the park in the poor weather during the reopening of Tokyo Disneyland along with Tokyo DisneySea, which closed for months due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the entrance gate of Tokyo DisneySea in Urayasu, east of Tokyo, Japan on July 1, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

Visitors practice social distancing while waiting to enter the park in the poor weather during the reopening of Tokyo Disneyland along with Tokyo DisneySea, which closed for months due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the entrance gate of Tokyo DisneySea in Urayasu, east of Tokyo, Japan on July 1, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)



Passengers wait for a bullet train at Tokyo station Friday, June 19, 2020. All domestic restrictions were removed Friday and people can now start travel anywhere in Japan. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)

Passengers wait for a bullet train at Tokyo station Friday, June 19, 2020. All domestic restrictions were removed Friday and people can now start travel anywhere in Japan. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)



Cheer leaders perform to empty stands prior an opening baseball game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo Friday, June 19, 2020. After a three-month delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s second-most famous baseball league opened a shortened season Friday without the presence of fans. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

Cheer leaders perform to empty stands prior an opening baseball game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo Friday, June 19, 2020. After a three-month delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s second-most famous baseball league opened a shortened season Friday without the presence of fans. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)



Visitors wearing face masks walks near staff members wearing plastic visors and face masks in a viewing platform on the Tokyo Tower on June 18, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Japans Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, announced today that the country is looking to lift its entry ban on Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Vietnam as it aims to ease travel restrictions imposed to tackle the spread ofCovid-19 coronavirus. Travellers from the four countries will be allowed into Japan as long as they prove negative to a polymerase chain reaction test and submit a schedule detailing where they plan to visit. The move would be the first step in Japan's resumption of international travel between countries that have successfully controlled Covid-19. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Visitors wearing face masks walks near staff members wearing plastic visors and face masks in a viewing platform on the Tokyo Tower on June 18, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Japans Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, announced today that the country is looking to lift its entry ban on Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Vietnam as it aims to ease travel restrictions imposed to tackle the spread ofCovid-19 coronavirus. Travellers from the four countries will be allowed into Japan as long as they prove negative to a polymerase chain reaction test and submit a schedule detailing where they plan to visit. The move would be the first step in Japan's resumption of international travel between countries that have successfully controlled Covid-19. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)



Japan Agricultural Cooperation Kagawa employees arrange cubic watermelons to be shipped within the country, in Zentsuji city, Kagawa prefecture, western Japan, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. The about 18x18x18-centimeter (7x7x7-inch) square watermelons, grown in transparent square containers, will be sold for about 10,000 yen ($94) each. (Photo ny Maiko Hirai/Kyodo News via AP Photo)

Japan Agricultural Cooperation Kagawa employees arrange cubic watermelons to be shipped within the country, in Zentsuji city, Kagawa prefecture, western Japan, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. The about 18x18x18-centimeter (7x7x7-inch) square watermelons, grown in transparent square containers, will be sold for about 10,000 yen ($94) each. (Photo ny Maiko Hirai/Kyodo News via AP Photo)
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