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People walk under winter illuminations featuring a theme of “Blue Cave” at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on December 16, 2018. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)

People walk under winter illuminations featuring a theme of “Blue Cave” at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on December 16, 2018. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)



Workers clad in a dog and a wild boar costumes, to represent the outgoing year of the dog and incoming year of the wild boar, clean windows on the side of a hotel in Tokyo on December 13, 2018. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)

Workers clad in a dog and a wild boar costumes, to represent the outgoing year of the dog and incoming year of the wild boar, clean windows on the side of a hotel in Tokyo on December 13, 2018. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)



Colourful celebrations at Mickey Mouse’s 90th anniversary event in Tokyo, Japan on November 15, 2018. (Photo by Aflo/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Colourful celebrations at Mickey Mouse’s 90th anniversary event in Tokyo, Japan on November 15, 2018. (Photo by Aflo/Rex Features/Shutterstock)



Visitors enjoy visionary digital art installation by Japan’s digital art collective company “teamLab” in Tokyo, Japan on November 28, 2018. The digital art museum celebrated the museum’s 1 millionth guest, only 150 days after the museum opened at Tokyo’s waterfront in June. (Photo by Aflo/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Visitors enjoy visionary digital art installation by Japan’s digital art collective company “teamLab” in Tokyo, Japan on November 28, 2018. The digital art museum celebrated the museum’s 1 millionth guest, only 150 days after the museum opened at Tokyo’s waterfront in June. (Photo by Aflo/Rex Features/Shutterstock)



Autumn colours are seen at Rurikoin Temple on November 20, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun/The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

Autumn colours are seen at Rurikoin Temple on November 20, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun/The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)



Firefighters work at the scene of an explosion in Sapporo, Japan, Monday, December 17, 2018. Dozens of people were injured in the explosion Sunday night at a Japanese restaurant in northern Japan, police said. The explosion occurred in Sapporo, the capital city of Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido, and caused nearby apartment buildings and houses to shake. ( Photo by Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP Photo)

Firefighters work at the scene of an explosion in Sapporo, Japan, Monday, December 17, 2018. Dozens of people were injured in the explosion Sunday night at a Japanese restaurant in northern Japan, police said. The explosion occurred in Sapporo, the capital city of Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido, and caused nearby apartment buildings and houses to shake. ( Photo by Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP Photo)



Protesters on canoes display placard as construction workers dumped a truckload of sediment on the ground and bulldozed it into the sea at Henoko on Okinawa’s east coast to build a runway for a Marine Corps base, Friday, December 14, 2018. Japan's central government started main reclamation work Friday at a disputed U.S. military base relocation site on the southern island of Okinawa despite fierce local opposition. (Photo by Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP Photo)

Protesters on canoes display placard as construction workers dumped a truckload of sediment on the ground and bulldozed it into the sea at Henoko on Okinawa’s east coast to build a runway for a Marine Corps base, Friday, December 14, 2018. Japan's central government started main reclamation work Friday at a disputed U.S. military base relocation site on the southern island of Okinawa despite fierce local opposition. (Photo by Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP Photo)



Tourists from Taiwan take selfie photos among ginkgo leaves at Yoyogi park in Tokyo, Japan on November 29, 2018. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

Tourists from Taiwan take selfie photos among ginkgo leaves at Yoyogi park in Tokyo, Japan on November 29, 2018. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)



A woman calls up GROOVE X's new home robot LOVOT at its demonstration during the launching event in Tokyo, Japan, December 18, 2018. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A woman calls up GROOVE X's new home robot LOVOT at its demonstration during the launching event in Tokyo, Japan, December 18, 2018. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)



Japan's rocket H-2A is launched, carrying aboard a green gas observing satellite “Ibuki-2”  and KhalifaSat, a UAE satellite, Tanegashima, southern Japan, Monday, October 29, 2018. The Japanese rocket carrying United Arab Emirates' first locally-made satellite has successfully lifted off from a space center in southern Japan. (Photo by Nozomi Endo/Kyodo News via AP Photo)

Japan's rocket H-2A is launched, carrying aboard a green gas observing satellite “Ibuki-2” and KhalifaSat, a UAE satellite, Tanegashima, southern Japan, Monday, October 29, 2018. The Japanese rocket carrying United Arab Emirates' first locally-made satellite has successfully lifted off from a space center in southern Japan. (Photo by Nozomi Endo/Kyodo News via AP Photo)



Japan's opposition parties' members try to stop Judicial Affairs Committee Chairman Shinichi Yokoyama, bottom center, from moving to hold a vote for a bill to revise an immigration control law, at upper house committee in Tokyo early Saturday, December 8, 2018. Japan is preparing to officially open the door to foreign workers to do unskilled jobs and possibly eventually become citizens. (Photo by Yoshitaka Sugawara/Kyodo News via AP Photo)

Japan's opposition parties' members try to stop Judicial Affairs Committee Chairman Shinichi Yokoyama, bottom center, from moving to hold a vote for a bill to revise an immigration control law, at upper house committee in Tokyo early Saturday, December 8, 2018. Japan is preparing to officially open the door to foreign workers to do unskilled jobs and possibly eventually become citizens. (Photo by Yoshitaka Sugawara/Kyodo News via AP Photo)



In this photo taken on October 11, 2018, cormorant masters use their birds to catch sweetfish in Gifu. “Uka”, the profession of cormorant fishermen, was once a staple of waterside villages and towns throughout Japan and other parts of the world. But it has been on the gradual decline for centuries, and now lives on in Japan as a tourist attraction and a carefully protected part of the country's national heritage. (Photo by Martin Bureau/AFP Photo)

In this photo taken on October 11, 2018, cormorant masters use their birds to catch sweetfish in Gifu. “Uka”, the profession of cormorant fishermen, was once a staple of waterside villages and towns throughout Japan and other parts of the world. But it has been on the gradual decline for centuries, and now lives on in Japan as a tourist attraction and a carefully protected part of the country's national heritage. (Photo by Martin Bureau/AFP Photo)



Remotely controlled robots OriHime-D, developed by Ory Lab Inc. to promote employment of disabled people, serve customers at a cafe in Tokyo, Japan on November 26, 2018. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

Remotely controlled robots OriHime-D, developed by Ory Lab Inc. to promote employment of disabled people, serve customers at a cafe in Tokyo, Japan on November 26, 2018. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)



A woman walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, November 19, 2018. Asian shares were mostly higher Monday after a buying spree on Wall Street kept up investor optimism into a new week, despite continuing worries about trade tensions. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)

A woman walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, November 19, 2018. Asian shares were mostly higher Monday after a buying spree on Wall Street kept up investor optimism into a new week, despite continuing worries about trade tensions. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)



A boy wearing Santa Claus outfit watches a large fish tank at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo, Japan, December 18, 2018. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

A boy wearing Santa Claus outfit watches a large fish tank at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo, Japan, December 18, 2018. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)



People raise their glasses filled with 2018 Beaujolais Nouveau wine as they bathe in a colored hot water “wine bath” at Hakone Kowakien Yunessun hot spring resort in Hakone, west of Tokyo, Japan, 15 November 2018, on the day of the Beaujolais Nouveau official release. Japan is a major market for the Beaujolais Nouveau and according to local media reports, about 5.3 million bottles of the wine will be imported in Japan by the end of the year. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)

People raise their glasses filled with 2018 Beaujolais Nouveau wine as they bathe in a colored hot water “wine bath” at Hakone Kowakien Yunessun hot spring resort in Hakone, west of Tokyo, Japan, 15 November 2018, on the day of the Beaujolais Nouveau official release. Japan is a major market for the Beaujolais Nouveau and according to local media reports, about 5.3 million bottles of the wine will be imported in Japan by the end of the year. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)
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