Visitors enjoy viewing a seasonal illumination show to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and the New Year holidays at the amusement park Yomiuriland in Tokyo, Japan, 04 November 2022. The illumination is produced by Motoko Ishii Lighting Design with 6.5 million bulbs, starting on 20 October 2022 through spring in 2023 as seasonal celebrations. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A straw-made 22-metre long Tyrannosaurus statue is illuminated on November 5, 2022 in Chikuzen, Fukuoka, Japan. The statue will be displayed until late January 2023. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)





Japan Air Self-Defense Force's (JASDF) aerobatic flight team “Blue Impulse” performs during an International Fleet Review to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), at Sagami Bay, off Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Japan on November 6, 2022. (Photo by Issei Kato/Pool via Reuters)





Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida walks on the Maritime Self Defense Force's helicopter carrier JS Izumo during an international fleet review in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, November 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force Uzushio-class submarine participates in an International Fleet Review commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force at Sagami Bay on November 6, 2022 off Yokosuka, Japan. The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) is commemorating the 70th anniversary of their founding today. (Photo by Issei Kato – Pool/Getty Images)





The moon and a Ferris wheel at a park are seen during a lunar eclipse in Tokyo, Japan on November 8, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





People ride on a train during a lunar eclipse over the Tokyo sky on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





Sony's robotic dogs 'Aibo' are gathered by their owners during a ritual ceremony Sichi-Go-San, which is usually held for praying for children's health and wellbeing, at the Kanda Myojin shrine in Tokyo, Japan on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Owners of Sony's entertainment robot dog “aibo” wait to proceed to the shrine hall to mark the "Shichi-Go-San" (three-five-seven) Festival, during a promotional event at the Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo on November 11, 2022. Over 60 owners of “aibo” attended the event for the Shichi-Go-San Festival, traditionally held each year for three and seven-year-old girls and five-year-old boys to wish for good health in the future. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





People walk past trees in autumn foliage in Tokyo on November 13, 2022. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





People have their photographs taken as they throw fallen leaves in autumn colours in Tokyo on November 13, 2022. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





A sommelier empties a bottle of 2022 Beaujolais Nouveau wine as people bathe in a red colored hot water bath, on the day of the Beaujolais Nouveau official release, at Hakone Kowakien Yunessun hot spring resort in Hakone, Japan, 17 November 2022. Japan is a major market for the Beaujolais Nouveau. However, prices have largely increased from the previous year due to high air freight costs and a weak yen. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)





Women soaking in a hot bath with coloured water representing wine hold glasses of the 2022 Beaujolais Nouveau wine at the Hakone Kowakien Yunessun spa resort during an event marking Beaujolais Nouveau Day in Hakone, west of Tokyo, Japan on November 17, 2022. (Photo by Tom Bateman/Reuters)





An illumination is held at a commercial facility “NAMBA PARKS” in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture on November 15, 2022. Approximately 650,000 LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs are decorated to imagine waterfalls and meadows at the event. (Photo by Naoya Azuma/Yomiuri/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP Photo)




An illumination is held at a commercial facility “NAMBA PARKS” in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture on November 15, 2022. (Photo by Naoya Azuma/Yomiuri/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP Photo)





An illumination is held at a commercial facility “NAMBA PARKS” in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture on November 15, 2022. (Photo by Naoya Azuma/Yomiuri/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP Photo)





Pedestrians walk past a street television showing news of North Korea firing a ballistic missile on a street in Tokyo, Japan, 18 November 2022. North Korea launched what is believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which landed inside Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), about 200 km west of Oshima-Oshima island of Japanese northern island of Hokkaido. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA/EFE)





Mount Fuji whose the peak is covered with snow is seen from lake Yamanakako on November 19, 2022, Yamanakako village, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Located at the foot of Mount Fuji, a world cultural heritage site, nearly 1000 meters above sea level, Lake Yamanakako is the largest of Mount Fuji's five lakes and is part of a region renowned for its natural beauty and exceptional landscapes. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A visitor takes a picture of fall colors of ginkgo tree leaves at a park in Tokyo, Tuesday, November 22, 2022. (Photo by Shuji Kajiyama/AP Photo)





Investigators enter the headquarters of major advertising company Dentsu in Tokyo Friday, November 25, 2022. Japanese prosecutors raided the headquarters of Dentsu Friday, as the investigation into corruption related to the Tokyo Olympics widened. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)