Religious offerings dedicated by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and Health, Labour and Welfare Minister Katsunobu Kato are seen at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo Monday, October 17, 2022. Kishida donated ritual offerings Monday to the shrine viewed by Chinese and Koreans as a symbol of Japanese wartime aggression. (Photo by Meika Fujio/Kyodo News via AP Photo)





An exterior design for a service robot is displayed during the Japan Robot Week 2022 event on October 19, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. The event showcases service robots and robot manufacturing technology and will be held from October 19 to 21. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





A man is silhouetted as he walks past an electric monitor displaying the Japanese yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan on October 20, 2022. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Racers riding on office chairs compete during the ISU-1 Grand Prix on October 22, 2022 in Ichinomiya, Japan. The ISU-1 Grand Prix, or “chair-one grand prix”, is an endurance race organized by the Japan Office Chair Racing Association (JORA), to compete on office chairs balancing the speed and the chairs' ability to race for 2 hours. Currently, the race is held in over 20 cities in Japan. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





FUWACHAN and Saya Kamitani compete during the Women's Pro-Wrestling “Stardom” at Arena Tachikawa Tachihi on October 23, 2022 in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)





Japanese cast member Kohji Moritsugu (L) and the character Ultraseven, from the special 55th anniverary screening screening of the science fiction classic “Ultraseven”, pose upon their arrival at the opening ceremony of the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo on October 24, 2022. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)





Mount Fuji (back L), Japan's highest mountain, is seen behind the residential buildings of Kawasaki, from Tamagawa Green Zone Baseball Field in Tokyo on October 26, 2022. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Elementary school sumo wrestlers compete in the sumo ring during the Wanpaku sumo-wrestling tournament in Tokyo, Japan on October 29, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





People wearing costumes pose for photographs as they take part in Halloween celebrations in the Shibuya district of Tokyo on October 30, 2022. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





A man wearing a costume waves near Shibuya Crossing during Halloween on October 31, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo police were a major presence at Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing as tens of thousands of people gathered to celebrate Halloween, following the stampede in Seoul's Itaewon district in South Korea that killed 154 people on Saturday. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





A man wearing a mask passes over Shibuya Crossing during Halloween on October 31, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





A man wearing a costume walks through the Shibuya Center Gai street during Halloween on October 31, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





A police officer uses megaphone to address people walking on the street of Shibuya district of Tokyo during Halloween on October 31, 2022. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





People in costumes walk through the famed scramble intersection of Tokyo's Shibuya entertainment district during Halloween festivities, Monday, October 31, 2022. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





Police officers try to control crowds gathering to celebrate Halloween on the street at Tokyo's Shibuya entertainment and shopping district in Tokyo, Japan on October 31, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Revellers dressed in costumes wait in front of a crosswalk as policemen are in position to control crowds gathering to celebrate Halloween on the street at Tokyo's Shibuya entertainment and shopping district in Tokyo, Japan on October 31, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Same-sеx couples speak to media at Tokyo metropolitan government as the Japanese capital starts acknowledging same-s*x partnerships, Tuesday November 1, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Tuesday began issuing certificates recognizing same-sеx couples in the Japanese capital, a small improvement toward greater awareness of sexual diversity in a country where same-s*x marriage is not allowed. (Photo by Mari Yamaguchi/AP Photo)





Mamiko Moda (L) and her partner Satoko Nagamura with their son holds a same-sеx partnership certificate as they pose for a photograph after a press conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo on November 1, 2022. Tokyo began issuing partnership certificates to same-sеx couples who live and work in the capital on November 1, a long-awaited move in a country without marriage equality. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





Japanese cat statues called “manekineko”, believed to bring good luck, are dedicated to Gotokuji Temple in Tokyo, Japan on November 2, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A young woman walks down stairs under a line of red “torii” or gates during a visit to Hie Shrine in central Tokyo on November 3, 2022, as the country marks the Culture Day public holiday. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)