Former sumo wrestler Matsunoumi practices on a sumo ring before tourists from abroad during a lunch sumo show at the restaurant Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan on January 10, 2024. The Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka, a restaurant in Tokyo managed by retired sumo wrestlers is becoming a popular spot for tourists because of its performances in English, that allows the foreign public to expand its knowledge about the iconic Japanese sport while giving a new work life to retired professionals. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)





Wearing a sumo wrestler costume, Fletcher, an 8-year-old tourist from Australia, challenges former sumo wrestler Jokoryu on a sumo ring before tourists from abroad during a lunch sumo show at the restaurant Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan on January 10, 2024. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)





A boat raised by the tsunami sits on the edge of the fishing port in the disaster-hit city of Suzu, Ishikawa prefecture on January 11, 2024 after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. The 7.5-magnitude jolt on New Year's Day and its powerful aftershocks killed at least 213 people in the central Ishikawa region, flattening houses, wrecking infrastructure and leaving thousands without power. (Photo by JIJI Press/AFP Photo)





An H2A rocket is lifted from the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan Friday, January 12, 2024. Japan on Friday launched the rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea and improve natural disaster response. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





Men splash themselves with cold water during the annual cold water endurance ceremony to purify their souls and wish for good fortune in the new year, at the Kanda Myojin shrine in Tokyo, Japan, on January 13, 2024. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, arrives at a Japan Air Self-Defense Force sub base in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Saturday, January 13, 2024. Kishida visited the country's north-central region of Noto for the first time since the Jan. 1 quakes. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





Participants pray as they take an ice-cold bath during a ceremony to purify their souls and to pray for the new year at the Teppozu Inari shrine in Tokyo, Japan, on January 14, 2024. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Members of the media look at the newly unveiled installation “Light Sculpture” during a press preview of “teamLab Borderless” at Azabudai Hills in Tokyo, Japan, 16 January 2024. Relocated from the Odaiba district, the Mori Building Digital Art Museum (teamLab Borderless) will open to the public on 09 February 2024. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA)





A couple wears kimonos as they visit Sensoji Temple, a popular tourist location, in Tokyo on January 18, 2024. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





People visit Sensoji Temple, a popular tourist location, in Tokyo on January 18, 2024. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Staff of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) watch a live streaming of the pinpoint moon landing operation by the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft observe a live streaming at JAXA's Sagamihara Campus Saturday, January 20, 2024, in Sagamihara near Tokyo. Japan's space agency said early Saturday that its spacecraft is on the moon, but is still “checking its status”. More details will be given at a news conference, officials said. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A road is seen during snowfall from a train window along the Tokaido Shinkansen, part of the nationwide high-speed railway network, in Ogaki city of Gifu Prefecture on January 24, 2024. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Micro pigs walk around at a mipig cafe, Wednesday, January 24, 2024, in Tokyo. The Mipig Café in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 pig cafés that have opened around Japan. The animals, known as “micro pigs”, don’t get bigger than a corgi dog, even as adults. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A customer takes photos with micro pigs at a mipig cafe, Wednesday, January 24, 2024, in Tokyo. The Mipig Café in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 such pig cafes the operator has opened around Japan, including one in the northernmost main island of Hokkaido and another in Fukuoka on the southern Kyushu island. The first one opened in Tokyo in 2019. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A staff looks at micro pigs at a mipig cafe, Wednesday, January 24, 2024, in Tokyo. The dozens of people at Tokyo’s Mipig Café on a recent morning were taking selfies and breaking into huge smiles. The pigs, a miniature breed, trotted about the room, looking for a cozy lap to cuddle up. Customers pay $15 for the first 30 minutes and a reservation is required. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Micro pigs play with a customer at a mipig cafe, Wednesday, January 24, 2024. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Customers play with a micro pig at a mipig cafe, Wednesday, January 24, 2024. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Police officers gather outside the Kyoto District Court in Kyoto, western Japan, Thursday, January 25, 2024, ahead of the sentencing hearing for Shinji Aoba, who has confessed to a deadly arson attack in July 2019 on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio. Aoba was convicted of murder and other crimes Thursday for carrying out the shocking arson attack on the anime studio that killed 36 people and drew an outpouring of grief from anime fans worldwide. (Photo by Miki Matsuzaki/Kyodo News via AP Photo)





A dog walks on the street as it snows in Kyoto on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Toyota Motor Corp. CEO Koji Sato bows in front of the media in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, January 29, 2024. Toyota Chief Sato apologized Monday to customers, suppliers and dealers for flawed testing at a group company, which follows similar problems in recent years.(Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)