Visitors pay in front of the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan Sunday, August 6, 2023. Hiroshima marked the 78th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing of the city. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





A mother and her child lay a bouquet of flower in front of the cenotaph for the victims of the world's first atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park after a ceremony to pay tribute for the atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 06, 2023. Japan commemorates the 78th anniversary of the atomic bomb tragedy in Hiroshima. During World War II, on August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb in the world history was dropped on Hiroshima by the USA, which caused the instant death of an estimated 70,000 people and the death of thousands from the effects of radiation in the following years. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A person scoops out water from an arcade in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Sunday, August 6, 2023. A meandering storm was headed again toward southwestern Japan on Sunday, prompting fresh warnings about dangerously heavy rainfall after the same area was hit several days ago. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





A man rides his bicycle as it sprinkles with rain along a street outside Asakusabashi station in the Taito district of Tokyo on August 6, 2023. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





A pedestrian tries to keep an umbrella damaged in a storm in Miyazaki, southern Japan, Tueaday, August 8, 2023. Early Tuesday morning, the storm was centered 350 kilometers (217 miles) south of Kagoshima, a city on the southwestern tip of Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu and southwest of Miyazaki. Khanun produced winds of 108 kph (67 mph) with gusts to 144 kph (89 mph) and was slowly moving north, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





Britain's Prince Harry, right, gestures as Haruhisa Handa, CEO of the International Sports Promotion Society (ISPS) looks at a message board during an event organized by the ISPS Wednesday, August 9, 2023, in Tokyo. The program included topics such as the power of sport, community and philanthropy. Harry will travel to Singapore to play in the Sentebale ISPS Handa Polo Cup on Aug. 12. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A woman walks past a full-sized model of a blue whale outside the National Museum of Nature and Science at Ueno Park in Tokyo on August 9, 2023. Japan's second-oldest museum has raised 3.4 million USD through crowdfunding after reportedly being denied additional financial support to cover soaring utility bills to preserve its collection of animal and plant specimens. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





Spectators watch a Pokémon UNITE game during the 2023 Pokémon World Championships at the Pacifico Yokohama convention center on August 11, 2023 in Yokohama, Japan. The 2023 Pokémon World Championships is a combined gaming competition for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE games. It is the first time the event has been held in Japan and takes place from August 11 to 13. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





People watch the Pikachu parade which is a part of the 2023 Pokémon World Championships, at Grand Mall Park in Yokohama on August 11, 2023. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Waves hit the shore in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, western Japan Monday, August 14, 2023. A storm that used to be a typhoon has made a landfall at Japan's central region Tuesday and hitting large areas of western Japan with heavy rain and high winds. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





People release doves during their visit to the Yasukuni Shrine on the 78th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two in Tokyo, Japan on August 15, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Right-wing activists pay their respects during a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine on the 78th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two in Tokyo, Japan on August 15, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Visitors in Japanese Imperial army costume enter the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's war dead, Tuesday, August 15, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan. Japan holds annual memorial service for the war dead as the country marks the 78th anniversary of its defeat in the World War II. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A collapsed road near the Saji River is pictured in Tottori, western Japan, after Typhoon Lan hit the region in this photo taken by Kyodo on August 16, 2023. (Photo by Kyodo News via Reuters)





A person cycles past a wall of outdated mobile phones and mock-ups displayed on the exterior of an electronics shop in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, August 18, 2023. The shop owner said his collection started some 20 years ago and now has more than 7,000 mobile phones, drawing attention from passers-by. (Photo by Shuji Kajiyama/AP Photo)





A Japanese man in a dog suit speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, 21 August 2023. A Japanese man known as “Toco” spent over 12,000 euros to realize his dream of transforming into a rough collie dog. He achieved this through a hyper-realistic canine suit made by a Japanese company. Toco now strolls through Tokyo, capturing the amazed attention of pedestrians. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA)





A Japanese man in a dog suit is carried in a trolley cart in Tokyo, Japan, 21 August 2023. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)





A Japanese woman interacts with Toco, a man in a dog suit, in Tokyo, Japan, 21 August 2023. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)





People stand in the rain in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Tuesday, August 22, 2023, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A man stands on a breakwater wall at the Ukedo fishing port, near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (background), in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, 24 August 2023, a few hours before the release of treated radioactive water into the sea. On 24 August in the early afternoon, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (TEPCO) started the discharge of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific ocean despite opposition of local fishermen and some neighbouring countries. It shall take as long as 30 years to complete the release of the treated radioactive water from more than 1,000 tanks. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA)