Lulu Hashimoto, a “living doll” model, poses on a crossroads in central Tokyo, Japan August 23, 2017. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Women board a “women only” passenger train during morning rush hours in Tokyo October 7, 2011. East Japan Railway company, along with other railway companies, introduced the women only carriages in 2002 as part of efforts to tackle the problem of men who take advantage of overcrowding to grope female passengers. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)





A boy walks at a shopping mall in Tokyo, Japan, October 18, 2017. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Reuters)





Japanese cat statues called “manekineko”, believed to bring good luck, are dedicated at Gotokuji Temple in Tokyo, Japan August 23, 2017. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A “robot priest” wearing a Buddhist robe chants sutras during its demonstration at Life Ending Industry EXPO 2017 in Tokyo, Japan August 23, 2017. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Visitors try Konami's Love Plus Every game at Tokyo Game Show 2017 in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2017. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Participants wearing the traditional “fundoshi” or loin cloth attend an event to pick trash on the streets in Tokyo, Japan, October 5, 2017. This event was organized in an effort to promote the wearing of this traditional garb and the participants can explore self-expression and gain self-confidence by picking up garbage while wearing fundoshi. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A clock tower building is seen through a foggy rainfall as Typhoon Lan approaches Japan's mainland, in Tokyo, Japan October 21, 2017. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A supporter of the Liberal Democratic Party waits in the rain for the arrival of the party's leader, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at an election campaign rally in Tokyo, Japan October 21, 2017. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Police officers hold people inside shops as President Trump, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and their wives eat dinner nearby at Ginza Ukai Tei in Tokyo, Japan on November 5, 2017. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





In this September 26, 2017, photo, students practice flag cheering Routines at a Tokyo Korean junior and senior high school in Tokyo. Many third- and fourth-generation descendants of Koreans brought to Japan during the imperialist years before and during World War II remain loyal to their roots. Families send children to private schools that favor North Korea and teach the language, culture and history of their ancestry. Despite recent North Korean missile launches and nuclear tests, students say they take pride and view their community as a haven from the discrimination they face from ethnic Japanese. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





In this September 26, 2017, photo, students practice flag cheering routines at a Korean high school in Tokyo. Many third- and fourth-generation descendants of Koreans brought to Japan during the imperialist years before and during World War II remain loyal to their roots. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





People walk past campaign posters for the upcoming lower house election in Tokyo, Saturday, October 14, 2017. The election is scheduled for Oct. 22, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party facing challenges from regrouped opposition forces. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd L) pose with family members (from 3rd L to R) Crown Prince Naruhito, Crown Princess Masako, Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko, Princess Mako, Princess Akiko, Princess Yoko, Princess Tsuguko and Princess Ayako during an Imperial garden party at Akasaka Palace Imperial garden in Tokyo on November 9, 2017. (Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP Photo)





A mother raise her glass filled with 2017 Beaujolais Nouveau wine as she holds her child in a colored hot water “wine bath” at Hakone Kowakien Yunessun hot spring resort in Hakone, west of Tokyo, Japan, 16 November 2017, on the day of the Beaujolais Nouveau official release. With Germany and the United States, Japan is a major market for the Beaujolais Nouveau. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)