This picture taken on June 3, 2023 shows members of the Kokugakuin University “Oendan” performing during a Tokyo competition between “Oendan” university cheerleading squads in Tokyo. They're drenched in sweat, their hands bloodied from clapping, and their voices hoarse from shouting – meet Japan's predominantly male and unashamedly macho “leadership section” cheerleaders. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





A visitor attaches a paper strip with her wish written on it for the Star Festival or “tanabata” to a bamboo branch at a shop on a street Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Tokyo. According to legend, deities Orihime (Vega) and her lover Hikoboshi (Altair), separated by the Milky Way, are allowed to meet only once a year on July 7. In Japan people celebrate the festival by writing wishes on strips of paper and hanging them under bamboo trees. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Theo, a 9-year-old child from Australia, tries to spar against former sumo wrestler Towanoyama on the sumo ring before tourists from abroad, at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan on June 30, 2023. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Nadine, a 43-year-old tourist from the U.S., wearing a sumo wrestler costume, tries to spar against former sumo wrestler Towanoyama on the sumo ring before tourists from abroad, at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan on June 30, 2023. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Former sumo wrestlers Kotoohtori, 40, and Towanoyama, 45, engage in sparring before tourists from abroad, on the sumo ring at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan on June 30, 2023. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





An employee of Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka, a sumo wrestling themed restaurant, serves Tonkatsu or breaded pork cutlets totourists from abroad, in Tokyo, Japan on June 30, 2023. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Former sumo wrestlers Kotoohtori, 40, and Towanoyama, 45, pose for a photograph with a tourist from the U.S., who is wearing a sumo wrestler costume, on the sumo ring at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan on June 30, 2023. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Police officers controls journalists near the scene of an explosion in a building Monday, July 3, 2023, in Tokyo. An explosion at a building in Tokyo’s commercial district of Shimbashi on Monday shattered windows and spewed smoke, according to media reports. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A firefighter works outside of a building where an explosion and a fire broke out in Shimbashi area of Tokyo on July 3, 2023. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





A police officer stands guard near the scene of an explosion in a building Monday, July 3, 2023, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





An injured person is transported from the site of an apparent explosion near Shimbashi station in Tokyo, Japan on July 3, 2023. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi attends a joint press conference with Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (not in picture) after their meeting in Tokyo, Japan on July 4, 2023. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Goldfishes in 'kanko' wooden boxes are seen waiting for shipping ahead of summer festival season on July 5, 2023 in Yatomi, Aichi, Japan. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)





A woman uses an umbrella to shelter from the hot sun while crossing the main intersection in the Ginza shopping area of Tokyo on July 6, 2023, as summer temperatures across Japan reach into the low to mid 30s Centigrade (upper 80s to low 90s F). (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





Visitors watch paper strips with others' wishes written on them for the Star Festival, or “tanabata”, to a bamboo branch at Zojoji temple Friday, July 7, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan. According to legend, deities "Orihime" (Vega) and her lover “Hikoboshi” (Altair), separated by the Milky Way, are allowed to meet only once a year during this period. People celebrate the festival by writing wishes on strips of paper and hanging them under bamboo trees. (Photo by Shuji Kajiyama/AP Photo)





A vehicle is stuck on a street flooded due to a heavy rain in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, southern Japan Monday, July 10, 2023. Torrential rain is pounding southwestern Japan, triggering floods and mudslides Monday as weather officials issued emergency heavy rain warning in parts of on the southern most main island of Kyushu. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





A security guard walks past an overhead water misting system on a hot day in the Ginza district of Tokyo on July 10, 2023. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Residents manoeuver through a flooded street in the city of Kureme, Fukuoka prefecture, on July 10, 2023, after heavy rains hit wide areas of Kyushu island. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)





A woman looks out over an area covered in water from a swollen river in the town of Tachiarai, Fukuoka prefecture, on July 10, 2023, after heavy rains hit wide areas of Kyushu island. One person died in a landslide and hundreds of thousands of people have been urged to evacuate their homes in southwestern Japan as forecasters on July 10 warned of the “heaviest rain ever” in the region. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)





A man walks past debris from flooding in the road in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, on July 10, 2023, after heavy rains hit wide areas of Kyushu island. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)