Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako ride in a car during their royal parade to mark the enthronement of Japanese Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, Japan on November 10, 2019. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Well-wishers watch the royal parade to mark the enthronement of Japanese Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, Japan, November 10, 2019. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Shrine parishioners from Saitama prefecture perform during a celebration event, a day before Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako's royal parade in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan November 9, 2019. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Dancers from Tokyo wearing traditional costumes perform during a celebration event, a day before Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako's royal parade in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan November 9, 2019. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Shrine parishioners from Niigata prefecture perform during a celebration event, a day before Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako's royal parade in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan November 9, 2019. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Japan's Emperor Naruhito (C) walks towards Yukiden, one of the two main halls of Daijokyu, where Daijosai ritual of great thanksgiving takes place, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2019. Japan's new Emperor Naruhito will perform an elaborate and secretive ritual on November 14, 2019 dating back 1,300 years, giving thanks to the Sun Goddess Amaterasu as part of his enthronement rites. The Daijosai, considered the most important ritual in Japan's imperial tradition, comes three weeks after Naruhito proclaimed his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne and is performed only once in an emperor's reign. (Photo by Japan Pool via Jiji Press/AFP Photo)





Spectators watch a Christmas lights display Friday, December 6, 2019, in the Minato district of Tokyo. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





Schoolchildren pose for a picture with Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games' robot-type mascot Miraitowa during a ceremony at Hoyonomori elementary school in Tokyo on November 18, 2019. Tokyo 2020 Summer Games' mascot robots visited an elementary school, drawing cheers and laughters from children as they gave them quizzes and responded to verbal instructions. (Photo by Behrouz Mehri/AFP Photo)





People visit the Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens in Tokyo to enjoy the autumn colors Tuesday, December 3, 2019. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





People raise their glasses filled with 2019 Beaujolais Nouveau wine, or grape juice for children, as they bathe in a “wine bath”, colored hot water, on the day of the Beaujolais Nouveau official release, at Hakone Kowakien Yunessun hot spring resort in Hakone, Japan, 21 November 2019. Japan is a major market for the Beaujolais Nouveau and according to local media reports, about 4.5 million bottles of the wine will be imported to Japan by the end of the year. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)





A man holds a snow crab that was auctioned for five million yen (almost 46,000 US dollar) at Tottori port in Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan, 07 November 2019. The snow crab was sold for a record five million yen during the first auction of the year. (Photo by EPA/EFE/JIJI Press)





Masaichi Kawasaki, 69, crosses himself as he chants “orasho” in front of an altar adorned with a statue of the Virgin Mary during a ceremony to mark the eve of the birth of the Virgin Mary at his home on Ikitsuki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, November 5, 2019. Japan's "Kakure Kirishitan," or "Hidden Christians," preserved their faith in secret during centuries of persecution. “I worry that what my ancestors worked hard to preserve will disappear, but that is the trend of the times”, said Kawasaki. “I have a son but I don't expect him to carry on”, he added. “To think this will disappear is sad, without a doubt”. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Wellwishers attend a Holy Mass conducted by Pope Francis at Nagasaki Baseball Stadium, in Nagasaki, Japan, November 24, 2019. (Photo by Remo Casilli/Reuters)





Filipino women watch a live stream of Pope Francis' Holy Mass outside the Tokyo Dome, in Tokyo, Japan, November 25, 2019. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Students attend a Holy Mass held by Pope Francis at the Tokyo Dome, in Tokyo, Japan, November 25, 2019. (Photo by Remo Casilli/Reuters)





Visitors fill the street and take pictures as the bright golden ginkgos are lit up along Icho Namiki Dori, the ginkgo tree-lined boulevard, at Meiji Jingu Gaien Saturday, November 30, 2019, in Tokyo. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato)/AP Photo





An employee for Japanese cosmetics company Kao removes a super thin transparent layer after using a palm-sized diffuser on her face, during a product demonstration in Tokyo on December 4, 2019. Kao on December 4 unveiled what it said was the world's first spray-on skin, using fibres one-100th the thickness of a human hair to form a membrane covering the face. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)





Visitors enjoy autumn colours at Korankei Valley on November 17, 2019 in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)





Limited graffiti version Pikachu are displayed at Pokemon Center Shibuya at at SHIBUYA PARCO, a department store and shopping mall complex, during a press preview in Tokyo, Japan on November 19, 2019. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Pedestrians are seen through the reflection of an advertisement in a window as they walk along a busy street in the Shibuya district of Tokyo on June 9, 2019. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)