Shinto priests walk past paper lanterns after ending a Shinto ritual in preparation for celebrating the New Year at the inner shrine of Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, 31 December 2023. It is estimated that about three million people will visit the shrine during the first three days of the New Year 2024 to wish for health and prosperity. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA/EFE)





People strike a giant bell to celebrate the New Year at the Zojoji Buddhist temple, minutes after midnight Monday, January 1, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A tsunami warning is shown on TV in Yokohama, near Tokyo Monday, January 1, 2024. Japan issued tsunami alerts Monday after a series of strong quakes in the Sea of Japan. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





People read extra edition of Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reporting the earthquakes Monday, January 1, 2024 in Tokyo. Japan issued tsunami alerts and ordered evacuations following a series of earthquakes on Monday that started a fire and trapped people under rubble on the west coast of its main island. (Photo by Shuji Kajiyama/AP Photo)





A member of Korea coast guard patrols to watch for possible changes in sea levels on a beach in Gangneung, South Korea, Monday, January 1, 2024. (Photo by You Hyung-jae/Yonhap via AP Photo)





People sit on the floor inside a store as an earthquake hits, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan ob January 1, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. (Photo by Instagram @hsu.tw via Reuters)





Shoppers crouch down as an earthquake hit the region at a supermarket in Toyama, Japan January 1, 2024, in this photo released by Kyodo. (Photo by Kyodo via Reuters)





A damaged car stands near a collapsed house, following an earthquake, in Nanao, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan on January 2, 2024. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A car is trapped at a partially collapsed road caused by a powerful earthquake near Anamizu Town, Ishikawa Prefecture Tuesday, January 2, 2024. A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan, damaging buildings, vehicles and boats, with officials warning people in some areas on Tuesday to stay away from their homes because of a risk of more strong quakes. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





A woman walks in front of collapsed houses following earthquake in Noto-cho, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Tuesday, January 2, 2024. A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan, damaging buildings, vehicles and boats, with officials warning people in some areas on Tuesday to stay away from their homes because of a risk of more strong quakes. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





This aerial photo shows damaged and destroyed homes along a street in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture on January 2, 2024, a day after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture. Japanese rescuers battled against the clock and powerful aftershocks on January 2 to find survivors of a major earthquake that struck on New Year's Day, killing at least six people and leaving a trail of destruction. (Photo by Fred Mery/AFP Photo)





An All Nippon Airlines (ANA) plane taxis past the burnt wreckage of a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger plane on the tarmac at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda in Tokyo on January 3, 2024, the morning after the JAL airliner hit a smaller coast guard plane on the ground. Five people aboard a Japan coast guard aircraft died on January 2 when it hit a Japan Airlines passenger plane on the ground in a fiery collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





A man cries as a body of his family member was found from a collapsed house caused by powerful earthquake in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture Wednesday, January 3, 2024. A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan, damaging buildings, vehicles and boats, with officials warning people in some areas on Tuesday to stay away from their homes because of a risk of more strong quakes. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





Japanese Self Defense Force members inspect a collapsed house hit by earthquakes in Suzu, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Wednesday, January 3, 2024. Rescue workers and canine units urgently sifted through rubble Wednesday ahead of predicted freezing cold and heavy rain in what the prime minister called a race against time after powerful earthquakes in western Japan killed multiple people. Dozens are believed trapped under collapsed buildings. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





People stand near a collapsed building in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Wajima, Japan on January 3, 2024. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





An evacuee volunteers to grill pieces of fish at a temporary evacuation center in Suzu in the Noto peninsula facing the Sea of Japan, northwest of Tokyo, Wednesday, January 3, 2024, following Monday's deadly earthquake. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





A woman walks with a dog near collapsed houses following an earthquake on January 03, 2024 in Anamizu, Japan. A series of major earthquakes have reportedly killed at least 48 people, injured dozens more and destroyed a large amount of homes. The earthquakes, the biggest measuring 7.1 magnitude, hit the areas around Ishikawa, Toyama and Niigata in central Japan on Monday. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





Workers repair a damaged road, in the aftermath of an earthquake, near Anamizu, Japan on January 3, 202. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A person walks past a building with collapsed walls, as the city was hit by the earthquakes and tsunami in Nanao, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Wednesday, January 3, 2024. A series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan left multiple people dead Wednesday, as rescue workers fought to save those feared trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings.(Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





Police investigators gather beside the burn-out wreckage of Japan Airlines plane at Haneda airport on Thursday, January 4, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. A transcript of communication between traffic control and two aircraft that collided and burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport showed that only the larger Japan Airlines passenger flight was given permission to use the runway where a coast guard plane was preparing for takeoff. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)