A man wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus prays at a temple in Yokohama, near Tokyo Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





People walk on the crosswalk, downtown, which has less than usual passersby after the state of emergency was announced, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo April 11, 2020. (Photo by Kyodo News via Reuters)





A face mask-clad shrine worker sweeps the ground before a Shinto ritual during the annual spring festival at the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on April 22, 2020. (Photo by Behrouz Mehri/AFP Photo)





A woman with protective mask walks on a street Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Tokyo. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency last Tuesday for Tokyo and six other prefectures to ramp up defenses against the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Nemophila flowers are seen blooming at the Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Japan, 09 April 2020 (issued 16 April 2020). The park is closed to the public since 04 April to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by JIJI Press/EPA/EFE)





Sika deer cross a road on March 12, 2020 in Nara, Japan. Like a number of tourist hotspots around the country, Nara, a popular ancient city where free-roaming deer are an attraction for tourists, has seen a decline in visitor numbers in recent weeks amid concern over the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Some groups of deer have begun roaming in the city's residential area due to shortage of food partially fed from tourists according to media reports. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





Priests walk through Yasukuni Shrine during the annual spring rites on April 21, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. The shrine's annual rites are held through April 22 amid the state of emergency to cover the entire country as COVID-19 coronavirus infections continue to spread. The shrine honors Japan's war dead during the period from 1867 to the end of the war, including 14 Class A war criminals. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





A man walks in the empty Asakusa district Monday, April 13, 2020, in Tokyo. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency last week for Tokyo and some other prefectures to ramp up defenses against the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A staff member of a restaurant wearing a protective face mask stands at almost empty and temporary closed Japanese drinking bars' alley after the government announced the state of emergency for the capital following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Shinjuku district in Tokyo, Japan April 8, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A man wearing a protective face mask walks, with office buildings in the background, after the government announced the state of emergency for the capital following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Shinjuku district in Tokyo, Japan April 8, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A woman walks in the empty Asakusa district Monday, April 13, 2020, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A man checks a notice of a department store in Yokohama near Tokyo, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. The notice reads “temporary closing”. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





People in face masks cross a near-empty street after the government announced a state of emergency for the capital and some prefectures following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan on April 16, 2020. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Medical workers walk by tents set up to test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection at Kawakita General Hospital in Tokyo, Japan, April 17, 2020. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Staff members of the Tokyo metropolitan government wearing face masks hold signs as they call people to stay home in the Kabukicho entertainment area on April 11, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has requested that businesses including schools, athletic facilities, bars and restaurants to temporarily close or operate under reduced hours. The action follows a state of emergency that covers 7 of Japans 47 prefectures as the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak continues to spread throughout the country. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





Prefectural staff members prepare for a shelter on the judo rings for those who don't have a stable residence, after places like a 24-hour internet cafes or manga cafes, used as temporary housing have been asking them to leave, after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak state-of-emergency was announced at a martial arts stadium in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan on April 13, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus walk through China Town in Yokohama, near Tokyo Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus pass the gates at Yokohama station, near Tokyo, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





A few people wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus walk in the rain in quiet Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shinto shrine in Kamakura, south of Tokyo, Monday, April 20, 2020. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





Commuters wearing face masks walk through Shinagawa train station on April 8, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Japans Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, yesterday declared a state of emergency that will cover 7 of Japans 47 prefectures, including Tokyo and Osaka, as the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak continues to spread in the country. The move will allow affected prefectures to take measures including expropriating private land and buildings and requisitioning medical supplies and food from companies that refuse to sell them. Tokyo recorded 80 new infections on Tuesday bringing the total in the capital to 1,196 with 85 deaths nationwide. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)