A 1970 Lancia Stratos HF Zero Bertone Coupe is seen on display “Winning Best In Show” 2025 during Concorso d'Eleganza Japan at Yakushi-ji Temple on March 15, 2025 in Nara, Japan. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images)





A person in Tokyo takes a photo of an advertisement featuring Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani on Monday, March 17, 2025. Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers opened Major League Baseball’s regular season in Tokyo, defeating the Chicago Cubs. (Photo by Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)





Visitors walk along Nakamise-dori street as they visit Sensoji temple at Asakusa district, a popular sightseeing spot in Tokyo, Japan on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Tourists wearing Japanese traditional kimono clothes stroll near Sensoji temple at Asakusa district, a popular sightseeing spot in Tokyo, Japan on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Foreign tourists wearing Japanese traditional kimono clothes stroll near Sensoji temple at Asakusa district, a popular sightseeing spot in Tokyo, Japan on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A visitor poses for a photograph next to early-flowering cherry blossoms near Sensoji temple at Asakusa district, a popular sightseeing spot in Tokyo, Japan on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Fans celebrate after Japan defeated Bahrain in the World Cup qualifying soccer match at Saitama Stadium in Saitama, Japan, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A large crowd gathers to see the blossom announcement of cherry blossoms of Somei Yoshino species, begin to bloom, at Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo on March 24, 2025. Staffs of the Japan Meteorological Agency checked more than five cherry blossoms have bloomed on a “standard tree” of Somei Yoshino species at Yasukuni Shrine and announced that cherry blossoms have bloomed in Tokyo on the same day. This year's bloom is on average, and was observed five days earlier than last year. (The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images)





The blooming Somei Yoshino cherry tree at the specimen tree at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Monday March 24, 2025. (Photo by Kyodo Photo via AP Photo)





A man dressed in a samurai warrior costume poses for a photograph during the Kanoukaen Fire Festival on March 29, 2025 in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The fire festival which is based on a story depicted in a historical scroll over 400 years old was held in the cherry blossom season in the country. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





People dressed in samurai warrior costumes hold flaming torches as they march during the Kanoukaen Fire Festival at night on March 29, 2025 in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The fire festival which is based on a story depicted in a historical scroll over 400 years old was held in the cherry blossom season in the country. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





Visitors take pictures on a boat next to cherry blossoms in nearly full bloom at Chidorigafuchi park in Tokyo, Japan on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Manami Yamada/Reuters)





Visitors take pictures with cherry blossoms at Chidorigafuchi park in Tokyo, Japan, on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Manami Yamada/Reuters)





A young woman takes a photo of cherry blossoms during a visit to Yasukuni Shrine as the blossom viewing season begins in full in central Tokyo on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





Newly hired employees of All Nippon Airways (ANA) group attend the company group's initiation ceremony at a hangar of Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan on April 1, 2025. (Photo by Manami Yamada/Reuters)





Japanese dancers perform the Awa-odori in the pitlane during the driver parade before the 2025 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit, in Suzuka, Japan, 06 April 2025. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA)





Export vehicles are parked atthe Daikoku Pier in Yokohama, near Tokyo, April 8, 2025. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)





A woman walks through the Japan Pavilion during the media day held ahead of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan on April 09, 2025 in Osaka, Japan. The World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, is a significant global event themed “Designing Future Society for Our Lives”, focusing on technological innovation and sustainable development. Against the backdrop of Trump's trade tariffs, the Expo serves as a platform for Japan to showcase its commitment to multilateral cooperation and technological leadership while fostering diplomatic ties and economic partnerships, particularly with ASEAN and China. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)





Visitors (top) walk along the “Grand Ring”, made of wood, as it is reflected in the water during a media preview day for the 2025 Osaka Expo in Osaka on April 9, 2025, four days before the event opens to the public for six months. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)





New vehicles are parked at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama, south of Tokyo on April 11, 2025. In a spectacular climbdown on April 9, US President Donald Trump paused for 90 days tariffs of 20 percent on the EU and even higher levies on other trade partners, including 24 percent on Japan. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)