People walk through the famed Kabukicho, a night entertainment district in downtown Tokyo, Friday, May 28, 2021, after the 8 p.m. government suggested closing time for restaurants, bars and non-essential businesses under the extended state of emergency. In Tokyo, life in the evening is continuing almost as usual as people in one of the world’s least vaccinated countries show increasing signs of frustration and defy largely toothless emergency measures. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





People consume drinks at a bar after the 8 p.m. government suggested closing time under the state of emergency Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Tokyo. Under the measure, restaurants cannot serve alcohol and must close at 8 p.m. But people can always find bars that are open and packed with customers. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





The Olympic flame is passed from torch to torch on traditional rowboats during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch relay off Zamami in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa, southwestern Japan, May 2, 2021, in this photo relased by Kyodo. (Photo by Kyodo News via Reuters)





A woman wearing protective mask and face shield greets members of Australia's Olympic softball squad on their arrival at Narita international airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Japan Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Australia's Olympic softball squad touched down in Japan on Tuesday and was among the earliest arrivals for the Tokyo Games. (Photo by Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





People wearing a face mask walk through downtown Osaka, western Japan, Friday, May 7, 2021. Trains packed with commuters returning to work after a weeklong national holiday. Frustrated young people drinking in the streets because bars are closed. Protests planned over a possible visit by the Olympics chief. (Photo by Yukie Nishizawa/Kyodo News via AP Photo)





Arisa Tsubata, 27, a nurse and a boxer, trains with her trainer Tomoko Okada at Tajima boxing gym in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, April 15, 2021. Tsubata has trained around her work shifts for over a year to prepare for a final Olympic boxing qualifier in the hope of making it to the Tokyo Games this summer. That dream was shattered earlier this year after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to cancel the boxing qualifiers due to take place in June and to allocate spots based on the rankings of recent years instead. “'Why did I aim for the Olympics when the coronavirus happened?' I asked myself”, Tsubata said, also wondering, “who knew the coronavirus pandemic would come at this time?”. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





An advertising of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, is displayed near the Statue of Liberty replica with the Rainbow Bridge at the background, at the waterfront area of Odaiba Marine Park, in Tokyo, Japan on May 16, 2021. (Photo by Naoki Ogura/Reuters)





Security personnel stand guard near the Olympic rings monument during a rally by anti-Olympics protesters outside the Japanese Olympic Committee headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan May 18, 2021. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk along a pedestrian crossing Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases on Thursday. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A woman wearing a face mask waits for the traffic lights to change at the famed Shibuya crossing in Tokyo on Thursday, May 20, 2021. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





A rickshaw puller carries tourists near Sensoji Buddhist temple at Tokyo's Asakusa district in Tokyo on March 31, 2021. The Japanese economy contracted at an annual rate of 5.1% in January-March, slammed by a plunge in spending over the coronavirus pandemic, according to government data released Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A plane carrying the vaccine cargo donated by Japanese government, takes off Narita International Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Friday, June 4, 2021. Japan is donating 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Taiwan to help the island fight its latest resurgence of the COVID-19 cases, as Tokyo, despite its painfully slow vaccine rollouts at home, tries to play a greater role in global vaccination distribution. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





A pedestrian crosses a street on a rainy day in Tokyo on May 13, 2021. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)





People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk around in the famed Asakusa shopping area on a rainy day in Tokyo on Thursday, May 27, 2021. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





People wearing face masks walk across a traffic intersection, passing by a statue of a lion with a face mask displayed at a department store in the famed Ginza shopping neighborhood in Tokyo on Friday, May 21, 2021. Japan has approved the use of two new vaccines – Moderna and AstraZeneca – hours ahead of an expansion of a state of coronavirus emergency that will cover roughly 40% of the population. It’s the latest effort to contain a worrying surge in infections nine weeks ahead of the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





Professional dog walker Nobuaki Moribe leads his clients' pets across an intersection in Tokyo on Friday, May 28, 2021. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





A couple pose for pictures before the lit Olympic rings at the Odaiba waterfront in Tokyo on May 6, 2021. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Elderly residents of Sumida Ward rest at box seats after receiving their first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at the Ryogoku Kokugikan sporting arena, in Tokyo Monday May 24, 2021. The arena, mainly used for sumo wrestling tournaments, is used as temporary inoculation venue for local residents age over 65 years old. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





People hang out in the famed Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo on Friday, May 28, 2021. With infections and serious cases rising despite a state of emergency, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has begun all-out efforts, from deploying military doctors and nurses at mass inoculation centers to allowing legal exceptions to recruit more people to give shots. But the realization here that it may be too little, too late to make a difference during the Olympics is starting to dawn. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)