Wrestlers train during a practice session at a sumo camp in Tottori Johoku High School in Tottori, Japan, on July 29, 2025. (Phot by Louise Delmotte/AP Photo)





People sail boats around floating lanterns during the Lantern Floating Festival in Tokyo, Japan on July 31, 2025. About a thousand lanterns, inscribed with messages of gratitude, hope, and wishes, are released onto the water during the festival. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





The Aomori Nebuta Festival begins with people marching alongside the “Nebuta” floats on August 2, 2025 in Aomori, Japan. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)





A 9 year old boy plays at a fountain to cool off at a park as the Japanese government issued a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures due to a heatwave, in Tokyo, Japan, on August 4, 2025. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A young boy walks toward a huge picture of Hiroshima devastated by the world's first atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, western Japan, 05 August 2025. 06 August 2025 will mark the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. In 1945, the United States dropped two nuclear bombs over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 06 and 09 August respectively, killing more than 200,000 people. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA)





Heat haze is seen in the background while pedestrians with umbrellas cross a railroad on a hot day in Tokyo on August 5, 2025. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)





A young girl visits the Children’s Peace Monument ahead of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on August 05, 2025 in Hiroshima, Japan. On August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing unprecedented devastation and leading to the end of World War II. The 80th anniversary marks a sombre reflection on the tragic loss and lasting impact of nuclear warfare on survivors and future generations. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)





A young man and woman prepare to ring the bell to remember those lost in the bombing, during the Peace Memorial Ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack, in the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 2025. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





People dressed in white robes clean dust off the Great Buddha statue on August 07, 2025 in Nara, Japan. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)





A visitor holding a parasol prays for the victims of the World War Two atomic bombing in front of the Peace Statue at Peace Park, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing in the city, in Nagasaki, western Japan on August 8, 2025. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A churchgoer prays during an early morning mass at Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan, 09 August 2025, the day of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing. In 1945, the United States dropped two nuclear bombs over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 06 and 09 August, respectively, killing more than 200,000 people.(Photo by Franck Robichon/ EPA)





A vehicle is stuck at a ditch following a heavy rain in Yatsushiro, Kumamo prefecture, southern Japan Tuesday, August 12, 2025. (Photo by Naoki Hiraoka/Kyodo News via AP Photo)





The temple grounds are enveloped in a magical atmosphere under the soft light of the lanterns on August 13, 2025 in Aomori, Japan. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)





Members of animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) take part in a protest over the alleged use of monkeys in the Thai coconut industry, outside Thailand's embassy in central Tokyo on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





White doves are released as a tribute to the war dead at the Yasukuni Shrine on August 15, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its surrender in World War II today. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





A fireball streaks across the sky, as seen from Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, on August 19, 2025. The celestial display resulted from a very bright meteroite falling to Earth. (Photo by MARUPEKE/@MARUBATU7 via Reuters)





Women wearing braided straw hats dance as the Owara Kaze-no-Bon dance festival begins on September 1, 2025 in Toyama, Japan. The festival, believed to have more than 300 years history, continues till September 3. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)





Japanese Prince Hisahito, son of Crown Prince Akishino, wearing ancient ceremonial costume, attends a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, 06 September 2025. Prince Hisahito celebrated his 19th birthday and attended the coming-of-age ceremony at the palace. (Photo by Japan Pool via JIJI Press/EPA)





Japanese Prince Hisahito, son of Crown Prince Akishino, wearing ancient ceremonial costume leaves for a ceremony by a carriage at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, on September 6, 2025. Prince Hisahito attended the coming-of-age ceremony at the palace. (Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via Reuters)





The Moon appears from behind the Tokyo Skytree during a total lunar eclipse in the middle of the night above the Japanese capital early on September 8, 2025. Stargazers enjoyed a “Blood Moon” overnight on September 7 during a total lunar eclipse visible across Asia and swathes of Europe and Africa. (Photo by JIJI Press/AFP Photo)