This long exposure photo shows lightning over the Koto district of Tokyo on July 28, 2022. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





A 9-y-o female Pomeranian and Poodle Mix named Moco and 8-y-o female Poodle named Purin wear battery-powered fan outfits for pets, developed by Japanese maternity clothing maker “Sweet Mommy” in Tokyo, Japan on July 28, 2022. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





This general view shows the opening ceremony of an extraordinary session of the Diet, the country's parliament, at the National Diet building in Tokyo on August 3, 2022. The session, which will last just three days, is the first following the July 10 upper house election. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)





Debris washed in by heavy rains and flooding litters a neighbourhood in the city of Murakami, Niigata Prefecture, on August 4, 2022, after heavy rains hit the northern areas of Japan. Bridges collapsed and rivers burst their banks as heavy rain lashed northern Japan on August 4, with 200,000 residents urged to evacuate as authorities warned of dangerous flooding. (Photo by JIJI Press/AFP Photo)





A visitor pays in front of the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan Saturday, August 6, 2022. Hiroshima on Saturday marked the 77th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing of the city. (Photo by Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Kyodo News via AP Photo)





People release paper lanterns on the Motoyasu River beside the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, commonly known as the atomic bomb dome, to mark the 77th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack in Hiroshima on August 6, 2022. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Revelers clad in yukatas, summer kimonos, wearing protecive face masks take part in a Bon Odori festival, a Japanese traditional dance which originates from Buddhism, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at Nakano ward in Tokyo, Japan on August 6, 2022. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A-bomb survivors and representatives of bereaved families carry offerings of water during a memorial ceremony at the Peace Park in Nagasaki on August 9, 2022, on the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing during WWII. (Photo by Japan Pool via JIJI Press/JIJI Press via AFP Photo)





Visitors pose for a selfie in a sunflower field in Hokuto city, Yamanashi prefecture Tuesday, August 9, 2022. The city, known for its longest hours of sunshine per year in Japan, draws a lot of tourists during its sunflower summer festival. (Photo by Shuji Kajiyama/AP Photo)





People walk in the rain in front of a station, Saturday, August 13, 2022, in Shizuoka, west of Tokyo. Tropical Storm Meari is unleashing heavy rains on southwestern Japan as it heads northward toward the Tokyo capital, according to Japanese weather officials. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





Waves hit ashore as Tropical Storm Meari is moving over coastal waters, in Shizuoka, southwest of Tokyo Saturday, August 13, 2022. Shizuoka Prefecture was told to brace for extremely heavy rainfall. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





People climb to the summit of Mount Fuji early on August 15, 2022, some 70 kilometres (43 miles) west of the capital Tokyo. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





People watch the sunrise from the summit of Mount Fuji early on August 15, 2022, some 70 kilometres (43 miles) west of the capital Tokyo. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Visitors in old Japanese Imperial army uniforms enter Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's war dead, Monday, August 15, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan marked the 77th anniversary of its World War II defeat Monday. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A man walks with a skateboard at the Naminoue Umisora Park during sunset in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture on August 21, 2022. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei competes in the Women's Singles Third Round match against Thi Trang Vu of Vietnam on day four of the BWF World Championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on August 25, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)





Vu Thi Trang of Vietnam hits a return against Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan during their women's singles match on day four of the Badminton World Championships in Tokyo on August 25, 2022. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





Dancers perform at the Harajuku Omotesando Super Yosakoi Dance festival in Shibuya, Tokyo on August 27, 2022. Super Yosakoi festival, is a two day festival that sees thousands of dancers, in hundreds of teams, energetically perform this unique Japanese dance style that combines traditional and more modern elements of movement and costume. (Photo by Damon Coulter/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A model presents a creation from the 2023 Spring/Summer collection by Japanese designer Keiichiro Yuri for the label “keiichirosense” during the Tokyo Fashion Week, in Tokyo, Japan, 29 August 2022. The presentation of the 2023 Spring/Summer collections runs from 29 August to 03 September. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)





A shopper wearing a face mask checks her mobile phone beside a masked lion statue of a department store in Ginza shopping district in Tokyo Tuesday, August 30, 2022. (Photo by Shuji Kajiyama/AP Photo)