Yuka Hatagaki puts her five-year-old Maltese-poodle cross pet dog Noel on her knee as she works at an experimental “dog office”, separated from standard working areas and operating on a trial basis until the end of the year, at a building of Fujitsu in Kawasaki, Japan on September 21, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A woman prepares to close their booth as the raining was getting hard in Tokyo, Saturday, September 24, 2022, during an annual event called Japan-China Exchange Festival to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of the bilateral relations. The festival, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was back last weekend ahead of this week’s 50th anniversary of the normalizing of relations between the two Asian neighbors and economic powerhouses. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





Police officers inspect a manhole near the Budokan Hall, venue for the September 27 state funeral of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, in Tokyo on September 26, 2022. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)





Akie Abe, wife of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, carries a cinerary urn containing his ashes at his state funeral, Tuesday, September 27, 2022, in Tokyo. Abe was assassinated in July. (Photo by Franck Robichon/Pool photo via AP Photo)





Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel fire cannons at the Nippon Budokan grounds for the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Tokyo Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy walks off the stage after offering flowers during the state funeral for Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Franck Robichon/Pool via AFP Photo)





Akie Abe, sixth left, the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, bows her head with others for a moment of silence during his state funeral at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Photo by Philip Fong/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





A general view shows the state funeral for Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Franck Robichon/Pool via AFP Photo)





A female activist scuffles with police during a demonstration against the state funeral near the funerals venue in Tokyo, Japan on Sepember 27, 2022 (Photo by Yusuke Harada/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





This handout photo taken and released by Japan's Ministry of Defense on September 28, 2022 shows Japanese F-2 fighter jets flying with German Air Force Eurofighters past Mount Fuji during German-Japan joint military drills aimed at strengthening defense cooperation between the two nations. (Photo by Handout/Japan's Ministry of Defense via AFP Photo)





A woman walks past a public television screen in Tokyo on October 4, 2022, displaying file footage of North Korean missile launches during a broadcast about an early morning North Korean missile launch which prompted an evacuation alert when it flew over northeastern Japan. North Korea fired a mid-range ballistic missile on October 4, which flew over Japan, Seoul and Tokyo said, a significant escalation as Pyongyang ramps up its record-breaking weapons-testing blitz. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





Police officers stand guard at international arrival exit at the Haneda International Airport Tuesday, October 11, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan's strict border restrictions are eased, allowing tourists to easily enter for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Independent tourists are again welcomed, not just those traveling with authorized groups. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





The Epsilon-6 rocket blasts off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki town, Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan Wednesday, October 12, 2022. The Japanese space agency said its rocket failed just after liftoff Wednesday and had to be aborted by a self-destruction command, in the country’s first failed rocket launch in nearly 20 years. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





People stroll along the stone-paved pedestrianised Sannen-zaka, a popular tourist area in Kyoto on October 11, 2022. Japan reopened its doors to tourists on October 11 after two-and-a-half years of tough Covid-19 restrictions, with officials hoping an influx of travellers enticed by a weak yen will boost the economy. (Photo by Fred Mery/AFP Photo)





Visitors wearing kimonos walk up a steps along a street in Kyoto on October 11, 2022. (Photo by Fred Mery/AFP Photo)





People walk down a shopping street in a touristy section of Kyoto on October 11, 2022. (Photo by Fred Mery/AFP Photo)





Visitors walk along one of the lanes filled with touristy shops and restaurants leading to Kiyomizu-dera temple in Kyoto on October 13, 2022. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





A display of Kaonashi or No-Face, an animation character from the film “Spirited Away”, that is copyrighted by Studio Ghibli, is seen in the Ghibli's Grand Warehouse area during a preview for the Ghibli Park on October 12, 2022 in Nagakute, Japan. The theme park, which features Studio Ghibli animations, opens on November 1 in the Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





A member of the media takes video of an exhibit of Ghibli character “Totoro” at Dondoko Forest during a media tour of the new Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi prefecture on October 12, 2022. The media on October 12 got a sneak peek at the highly anticipated new theme park from Studio Ghibli, creator of beloved titles like “My Neighbour Totoro” and Oscar-winning “Spirited Away”. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





A member of the media has her photograph taken with an exhibit at Ghibli's Grand Warehouse during a media tour of the new Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi prefecture on October 12, 2022. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)