A man wearing a face mask walks past a signboard of a bar in the Kabukicho district, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, July 14, 2020. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus take an escalator at Yokohama station near Tokyo, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





A man walks in the rain past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, July 10, 2020. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Friday on worries economic improvements might fade as coronavirus cases increase in the United States and some other countries. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A man wearing a mask against the spread of the new coronavirus walks past a public notice to wash hands in Tokyo Tuesday, July 21, 2020. The Japanese capital confirmed Tuesday more than 200 new coronavirus cases. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Visitors look at jellyfish swimming in a tank at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo, Japan on July 11, 2020. The Sunshine Aquarium reopened on 08 June after a three months long closure due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Pierre-Emmanuel Delétrée/SIPA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A 10.5 metre Baird's Beaked Whale is winched into a slaughterhouse on July 21, 2020 in Wada Port, Chiba, Japan. Despite criticism following Japans withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) last year, the country has resumed limited commercial whale fishing after an effective ban of over 30 years. Japan has long claimed that whale hunting is a part of its culture, with some coastal communities having hunted the mammals for over 400 years and the meat considered a national delicacy. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)





The National Stadium, the main stadium of Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, is seen through a visitor wearing a protective face mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at an observation deck in Tokyo, Japan on July 20, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Sumo spectators wearing face mask practice social distance in their seats during the outbreak of the new coronavirus as they watch the first day of the sumo tournament in Tokyo, Sunday, July 19, 2020. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





Students wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, clap along instead of singing a song during a music class at Takanedai Daisan elementary school, which practices various methods of social distancing in order to prevent the infection, in Funabashi, east of Tokyo, Japan on July 16, 2020. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Telexistence's shelf-stacking avatar robot, designed to resemble a kangaroo and developed to work in a convenience store, is demonstrated during a photo opportunity ahead of its unveiling in Tokyo, Japan on July 3, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A man takes a nap on the street using a protective mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan on July 16, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Passengers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus pass the gates at Yokohama station Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





A woman walks past cars that have been swept up against a wall after torrential rain caused the nearby Kuma River to burst its banks and flood the area, on July 9, 2020 in Hitoyoshi, Japan. At least 60 people are believed to be dead and many missing after unprecedented torrential rainfall in central Japan caused 59 rivers to overflow while around 180 mudslides have occurred in 23 prefectures. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)





An employee wearing a protective mask and face shield to help curb the spread of the coronavirus bows guests as elevator doors close at a building Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





An employee wearing a mask against the spread of the new coronavirus cleans windows of a Japanese pub in Tokyo Monday, July 20, 2020. The Japanese capital confirmed Monday more than 160 new coronavirus cases. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A man wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus passes by a window display of a dress on a mannequin with a similar mask, Friday, July 17, 2020, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital has confirmed Friday more than 290 new coronavirus cases. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo)





People wearing protective face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk at a pedestrian crossing Friday, July 10, 2020, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital has confirmed more than 240 new coronavirus infections on Friday, exceeding its previous record. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





An H-IIA rocket with United Arab Emirates' Mars orbiter Hope lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan Monday, July 20, 2020. A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a seven-month journey to Mars, kicking off the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. (Photo by Hiroki Yamauchi/Kyodo News via AP Photo)





A family sit on a bench near a Godzilla's slide at Kurihama flower park in Yokosuka, near Tokyo Wednesday, July 15, 2020. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





Mayu adjusts Koiku’s kimono, as Koiku wears a protective face mask while posing for a photograph, before they work at a party where they will entertain with other geisha at Japanese luxury restaurant Asada in Tokyo, Japan, June 23, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has made Tokyo's geisha fear for their centuries-old profession as never before. Though the number of geisha - famed for their witty conversation, beauty and skill at traditional arts - has been falling for years, they were without work for months due to Japan's state of emergency and now operate under awkward social distancing rules. Engagements are down 95 percent, and come with new rules: no pouring drinks for customers or touching them even to shake hands, and sitting 2 meters apart. Masks are hard to wear with their elaborate wigs, so they mostly don't. “I was just full of anxiety”, said Mayu, 47. “I went through my photos, sorted my kimonos ... The thought of a second wave is terrifying”. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)