A woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), runs on a street near Tamachi station in Tokyo, Japan on March 8, 2020. (Photo by Edgard Garrido/Reuters)





A man prays toward the sea to mourn victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo March 11, 2020, to mark the nine-year anniversary of the disaster. (Photo by Kyodo News via Reuters)





A staff preserves the Olympic flame to the lantern during the 'Flame of Recovery' special exhibition at Aquamarine Park a day after the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games announced due to the coronavirus pandemic on March 25, 2020 in Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)





A woman smiles between the early flowering cherry blossoms in Kyoto, Japan on March 13, 2020. (Photo by Edgard Garrido/Reuters)





A woman reacts next to a board with messages mourning the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that killed thousands and set off a nuclear crisis, at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, March 11, 2020. (Photo by Edgard Garrido/Reuters)





Kenta Kambara, 34, performs onstage during “Challenge & Move” a dance event in Tokyo, Japan, February 8, 2020. Kambara who was born with spina bifida, a disorder that paralysed his lower body, aims to perform at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics opening or closing ceremonies. “If you can't walk with your legs, it's okay to walk with your hands. If there is something you want to do but cannot, it's okay to find another way”, he said. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A girl wearing a face mask holds up her dog as she enjoys watching cherry blossom in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, March 6, 2020. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A visitor wearing a protective face mask walks under early flowering Kanzakura cherry blossoms at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo, Japan, March 11, 2020. (Photo by Edgard Garrido/Reuters)





Visitors from abroad wearing kimono clothes look at blooming cherry blossoms at Ueno park in Tokyo, Japan on March 22, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Visitors rest inside ropes cordoning off viewing parties, with a sign board reading “No parties”, under blooming cherry blossoms at Ueno park in Tokyo, Japan on March 22, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A woman wearing a mask as a precaution against a new coronavirus passes by a worker cleaning escalator handrails at a business building in Tokyo Monday, March 9, 2020. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Jokceys and “Banei” horses compete during their “Banei” Keiba race, a form of farm horse racing, at Obihiro “Banei” horse Race Track in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan on February 24, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A woman is reflected as she offers prayer for the 2011 tsunami victims, whose names are inscribed on the memorial monument in Kesenuma, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (Photo by Yohei Nishimura/Kyodo News via AP Photo)





Ground crews of Japanese airlines wave to the special “Tokyo 2020 Go” aircraft that will transport the Olympic Flame to Japan after the Torch Handover Ceremony in Greece, on its departure at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Visitors wearing face masks walk through Nakamise alley at Asakusa in Tokyo, Friday, March 20, 2020. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)





Japan's Princess Aiko, daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, wearing a protective face mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), bows to well-wishers as she attends her graduation ceremony at Gakushuin Girls' Senior High School in Tokyo, Sunday, March 22, 2020. (Photo by Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





A deer walks across a pedestrian crossing in Nara, Japan, Thursday, March 19, 2020. More than 1,000 deer roam free in the ancient capital city of Japan. Despite the town's tourism decline, these wild animals are doing just fine without treats from tourists, according to a deer protection group. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





A countdown clock for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is reflected in a puddle of water outside Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Monday, March 23, 2020. The IOC will take up to four weeks to consider postponing the Tokyo Olympics amid mounting criticism of its handling of the coronavirus crisis that now includes Canada saying it won't send a team to the games this year and the leader of track and field, the biggest sport at the games, also calling for a delay. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





A woman takes a photo of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, March 9, 2020. Asian stock markets plunged Monday after global oil prices nosedived on worries a global economy weakened by a virus outbreak might be awash in too much crude. Tokyo's benchmark tumbled 4.7%. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





People enjoying the cherry blossom party during the corona virus pandemic in Tokyo, Japan on March 22, 2020. Although the government had suggested no gatherings for cherry blossom this year due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Concerns that are growing in Japan, people enjoyed the parties as usual, some with face masks on and some not. (Photo by Viola Kam/SOPA Images/Sipa USA)