Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, second left, observes a vaccination site for staff members set up to protect against the coronavirus at the Haneda international airport in Tokyo, Saturday, February 12, 2022. Japan is considering easing its stringent border controls amid growing criticism that the measures, which have banned most foreign entrants including students and business travelers, are hurting the country's economy and international profile. (Photo by Japan Pool/Kyodo News via AP Photo)





People wearing Kimono walk through Asakusa area during heavy snowfall on February 10, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. Due to the expected heavy snowfall at leasts four highway sections are closed in Tokyo area to prevent vehicles from becoming stranded. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)





A bird perches on a branch of fully bloomed early-flowering cherry blossoms at the Ebara shrine in Tokyo on Friday, February 12, 2022. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Frost-covered conifers, called Snow Monsters, Juhyo in Japanese, illuminated by spotlights, decorate the snowy landscape of Mount Zao on the night of February 8, 2022, at Mont Zao, in Yamagata prefecture, Tohoku region, northern Japan. Under the influence of a seasonal wind, coming from Siberia and loaded with humidity, clouds of icy droplets continuously freeze the conifers and transform them into snow monsters several meters high. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Visitors wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, meditate in a bright white room at a meditation studio “Medicha”, in Tokyo, Japan, February 9, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Mount Fuji (bottom L), Japan's highest mountain at 3,776 meters (12,388 feet), is pictured at sunset from Tokyo on February 22, 2022. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)





Cats stroll on a big diorama model inside a restaurant called “Diorama Restaurant”, managed by Naoki Teraoka, in Osaka, Japan February 22, 2022. (Photo by Akira Tomoshige/Reuters)





A woman walks past a TV screen showing images of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden in Tokyo, Thursday, February 24, 2022. Russian troops launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to “consequences you have never seen”. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





In this long exposure picture, staff members from the Hoshinoya Tokyo hotel demonstrate the “Lantern Dining Experience”, where lanterns made by Kojima Shoten – a shop in Kyoto – are used to shroud diners for mask-free dining amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, during a media event at the hotel in Tokyo on February 28, 2022. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





A participant holds a banner at a march to call for gender equality and protest against gender discrimination on International Women's Day in Tokyo, Japan, March 8, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A humanoid robot pushes a wheel chair at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. booth during the International Robot Exhibition 2022 at Tokyo Big Sight on March 09, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. The exhibition will be open to public from March 9 to 12, showcasing the robotic technologies related to AI and ICT as well as the latest robots from Japan and around the globe. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)





Photo taken on March 9, 2022 shows cherry blossoms near the Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua News Agency)





Police officers offer silent prayer for victims before thay start searching for the missing on the beach in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, 10 March 2022, the eve of the 11th anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami devastating Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011. According to the National Police Agency, 15,900 people have died and 2,523 are still missing. Miyagi Prefecture have announced 1,215 people are missing in the prefecture and 211 of them only in Minamisanriku. In Iwate Prefecture, 1,110 people are still missing. (Photo by Jiji Press/EPA)





People take part in a candle vigil in memory of earthquake and tsunami victims in Mitaka, on the outskirts of Tokyo on March 11, 2022, on the 11th anniversary of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake which triggered a tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)





Protesters hold banners during a rally against Russia's invasion of Ukraine,Friday, March 11, 2022, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A visitor offers flower at a makeshift altar to mourn for the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami during a special memorial event Friday, March 11, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan on Friday marked the 11th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that struck Japan's northeastern coast. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Dancers perform after the silent prayers in memory of earthquake and tsunami victims at Hibiya park in Tokyo on March 11, 2022, on the 11th anniversary of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake which triggered a tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





A boy and a man walk next to flames as they walk over coal with barefoot at the fire-walking festival, called Hiwatari Matsuri in Japanese, at Mt.Takao in Tokyo, Japan, March 13, 2022. About 1,500 Japanese worshipers walk barefoot with Buddhist monks over coals at the annual festival praying for the safety of themselves, to overcome the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and for peace in the world, Takao-san Yakuo-in Buddhist temple said. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A model presents creations by Japanese designer Ayano Ichige from the Autumn/Winter 2022 collection for the label “NON TOKYO” during the Tokyo Fashion Week in Tokyo, Japan, 14 March 2022. The presentation of the Autumn/Winter 2022 collections runs from 14 to 19 March. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)