People walk past hydrangea flowers at a park in Tokyo on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





Smile coach Keiko Kawano teaches a man at a smile training course in Tokyo, Japan, 22 June 2023. Keiko Kawano's company Egaoiku, or ‘Smiling Education’, has seen an increase in demand as many people unmask following the easing of COVID-19 safety measures. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA)





Alpaca Fureai Land's Shion Ito dresses a cloth to an alpaca Satsuki at the indoor petting zoo in Tokyo, Japan on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Nana Ide smiles while she feeds alpacas named Satsuki and Akane during her visit to Alpaca Fureai Land in Tokyo, Japan on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Yoko Tanabe hugs an alpaca named Satsuki while she visits Alpaca Fureai Land in Tokyo, Japan on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Visitors touch fur of an alpaca named Satsuki at Alpaca Fureai Land in Tokyo, Japan on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A woman interacts with an alpaca named Akane while she visits Alpaca Fureai Land in Tokyo, Japan on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Nana Ide hugs an alpaca named Satsuki while she visits Alpaca Fureai Land in Tokyo, Japan on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Alpaca Fureai Land's Shion Ito and an alpaca named Satsuki leave the indoor petting zoo to take a walk in the early morning in Tokyo, Japan on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Alpaca Fureai Land's Shinya Ide and Shion Ito walk alpacas Satsuki and Akane during early morning in Tokyo, Japan on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A girl looks at alpacas Satsuki and Akane at a park while Alpaca Fureai Land's staffs walk them during early morning in Tokyo, Japan on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Alpaca Fureai Land's Shion Ito and Shinya Ide walk alpacas Akane and Satsuki during early morning in Tokyo, Japan on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





An alpaca Satsuki looks at a pet dog at a park while Alpaca Fureai Land's staffs walk the alpaca during early morning in Tokyo, Japan on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Alpaca Fureai Land's Shinya Ide and Shion Ito walk alpacas Akane and Satsuki in the early morning in Tokyo, Japan on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Masahiko Inami of the University of Tokyo poses with the wearable “Jizai Arms” robot arms at his lab during its demonstration in Tokyo, Japan on June 22, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A man cries in front of the Cornerstone of Peace monument walls on which the names of all those who lost their lives during the Battle of Okinawa, at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Friday, June 23, 2023. Japan marked the Battle of Okinawa, one of the bloodiest battles of World War II fought on the southern Japanese island, which ended 78 years ago. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





People walk by Fender's Tokyo store Thursday, June 29, 2023. Fender, the guitar of choice for some of the world’s biggest stars from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton, is opening what it calls its “first flagship store” in its 77-year history. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Erino Yumiki, center, a Japanese guitarist and songwriter, attends the opening ceremony of Fender's Tokyo store Thursday, June 29, 2023. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Fender guitars are on display at the opening ceremony of its Tokyo store Thursday, June 29, 2023. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Erino Yumiki, a Japanese guitarist and songwriter, speaks in an interview Thursday, June 29, 2023, during the opening ceremony of Fender's Tokyo store. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)