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The Tokyo Tower (centre R) is illuminated amongst the city skyline as visitors are reflected in glass while visiting the Shibuya Sky observation deck in Tokyo on September 8, 2020. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)

The Tokyo Tower (centre R) is illuminated amongst the city skyline as visitors are reflected in glass while visiting the Shibuya Sky observation deck in Tokyo on September 8, 2020. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)



Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, right, and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba attend a speech session for the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election with former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at its headquarters in Tokyo Tuesday, September 8, 2020. The official campaigning to lead Japan's ruling party began Tuesday with the longtime right-hand man of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now seen as a top candidate and his likely successor to lead the government. (Photo by Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP Photo)

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, right, and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba attend a speech session for the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election with former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at its headquarters in Tokyo Tuesday, September 8, 2020. The official campaigning to lead Japan's ruling party began Tuesday with the longtime right-hand man of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now seen as a top candidate and his likely successor to lead the government. (Photo by Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP Photo)



Residents of the islands arrive at a heliport in Kagoshima, southern Japan Friday, September 4, 2020 to take refuge ahead of a powerful typhoon. A powerful typhoon was barreling toward the southern cluster of Japanese Okinawa islands on Saturday, prompting warnings about torrential rainfall and fierce wind gusts. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)

Residents of the islands arrive at a heliport in Kagoshima, southern Japan Friday, September 4, 2020 to take refuge ahead of a powerful typhoon. A powerful typhoon was barreling toward the southern cluster of Japanese Okinawa islands on Saturday, prompting warnings about torrential rainfall and fierce wind gusts. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)



Passersby wearing protective masks run past an electronic board showing Japan's Nikkei average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan on September 14, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

Passersby wearing protective masks run past an electronic board showing Japan's Nikkei average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan on September 14, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)



High waves pound the coast of the Kagoshima city, southwestern Japan Sunday, September 6, 2020. The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week unleashed fierce winds and rain on southern islands on Sunday, blowing off rooftops and leaving homes without power as it edged northward into an area vulnerable to flooding and mudslides. (Photo by Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP Photo)

High waves pound the coast of the Kagoshima city, southwestern Japan Sunday, September 6, 2020. The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week unleashed fierce winds and rain on southern islands on Sunday, blowing off rooftops and leaving homes without power as it edged northward into an area vulnerable to flooding and mudslides. (Photo by Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP Photo)



Broken branches are scattered on road after typhoon hit Kagoshima, southwestern Japan Monday, September 7, 2020. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)

Broken branches are scattered on road after typhoon hit Kagoshima, southwestern Japan Monday, September 7, 2020. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)



High waves pound a fishing port in Amami city, Kagoshima prefecture, southwestern Japan as a typhoon hits the region, Sunday, Septenber 6, 2020. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)

High waves pound a fishing port in Amami city, Kagoshima prefecture, southwestern Japan as a typhoon hits the region, Sunday, Septenber 6, 2020. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)



A person leaves a barricaded convenience store as Typhoon Haishen approaches in Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture on September 6, 2020. Typhoon Haishen began to lash southern Japan on September 6, with officials warning it could bring record rainfall and winds strong enough to snap power line poles and flip cars. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)

A person leaves a barricaded convenience store as Typhoon Haishen approaches in Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture on September 6, 2020. Typhoon Haishen began to lash southern Japan on September 6, with officials warning it could bring record rainfall and winds strong enough to snap power line poles and flip cars. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)



Waves crash on the coast as Typhoon Haishen approaches in Makurazaki, Kagoshima prefecture on September 6, 2020. Typhoon Haishen headed toward southern Japan on September 6, with officials warning of record rainfall and winds strong enough to snap power poles and flip vehicles. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)

Waves crash on the coast as Typhoon Haishen approaches in Makurazaki, Kagoshima prefecture on September 6, 2020. Typhoon Haishen headed toward southern Japan on September 6, with officials warning of record rainfall and winds strong enough to snap power poles and flip vehicles. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)



A visitor wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus strolls through cosmos fields at Kurihama Flower Park in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Tuesday, September 22, 2020. About 1 million cosmos are in full bloom. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)

A visitor wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus strolls through cosmos fields at Kurihama Flower Park in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Tuesday, September 22, 2020. About 1 million cosmos are in full bloom. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)



Police (in blue) conduct search and rescue operations at the site of a landslide in the village of Shiiba in Miyazaki Prefecture on September 8, 2020, after Typhoon Haishen grazed the southern Japanese island of Kyushu the day before. The powerful typhoon went on to lash South Korea on September 7 after smashing into southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that left up to eight people dead or missing. (Photo by JIJI Press/AFP Photo)

Police (in blue) conduct search and rescue operations at the site of a landslide in the village of Shiiba in Miyazaki Prefecture on September 8, 2020, after Typhoon Haishen grazed the southern Japanese island of Kyushu the day before. The powerful typhoon went on to lash South Korea on September 7 after smashing into southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that left up to eight people dead or missing. (Photo by JIJI Press/AFP Photo)



A man wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks down a bar street, Thursday, September 10, 2020, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 270 coronavirus cases on Thursday. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

A man wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks down a bar street, Thursday, September 10, 2020, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 270 coronavirus cases on Thursday. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)



A man wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks under a cooling mist spot at a street Friday, September 4, 2020, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 130 coronavirus cases on Friday. (Photo by ugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

A man wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks under a cooling mist spot at a street Friday, September 4, 2020, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 130 coronavirus cases on Friday. (Photo by ugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)



A wholesaler checks the quality of frozen tuna displayed during the tuna auctions, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Toyosu fish market in Tokyo, Japan on August 25, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

A wholesaler checks the quality of frozen tuna displayed during the tuna auctions, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Toyosu fish market in Tokyo, Japan on August 25, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)



People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus wait to enter a Japanese restaurant for lunch in Tokyo, Tuesday, September 15, 2020. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus wait to enter a Japanese restaurant for lunch in Tokyo, Tuesday, September 15, 2020. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)



A woman walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, September 7, 2020. Asian stock markets were mixed Monday after Wall Street turned in its biggest weekly decline in more than two months. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)

A woman walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, September 7, 2020. Asian stock markets were mixed Monday after Wall Street turned in its biggest weekly decline in more than two months. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)



A restaurant employee wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus prepare a dish for a customer, Thursday, Septenber 10, 2020, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

A restaurant employee wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus prepare a dish for a customer, Thursday, Septenber 10, 2020, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)



A boy in a stroller reacts to Boston Dynamics' four-legged robot Spot during its demonstration at Tokyo Robot Collection, Japan on September 18, 2020. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A boy in a stroller reacts to Boston Dynamics' four-legged robot Spot during its demonstration at Tokyo Robot Collection, Japan on September 18, 2020. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)



A woman wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks in the shade of a building Friday, September 4, 2020, in Tokyo. (Photo by ugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

A woman wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks in the shade of a building Friday, September 4, 2020, in Tokyo. (Photo by ugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)



Japanese women wearing “yukata” casual summer kimono take selfies at Asakusa district in Tokyo, Japan, 13 September 2020. Asakusa is one of Tokyo's most-visited areas and is usually crowded with tourists. In Japan, the numbers of visitors from abroad fell by 99.9 percent from a year earlier in July due to the ban for entries of foreign visitors amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)

Japanese women wearing “yukata” casual summer kimono take selfies at Asakusa district in Tokyo, Japan, 13 September 2020. Asakusa is one of Tokyo's most-visited areas and is usually crowded with tourists. In Japan, the numbers of visitors from abroad fell by 99.9 percent from a year earlier in July due to the ban for entries of foreign visitors amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)
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