A woman, dressed in a traditional Japanese kimono, holds a parasol as she looks at a water bird while crossing a bridge in Kyoto, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A man sits on the pavement as he talks on the phone in the district of Osaka, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A man cleans a fish tank at a restaurant in the Dotonbori amusement district of Osaka, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A couple cross a street in the amusement district of Osaka, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A man uses a mobile phone in front of an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, November 20, 2014. Asian stocks faltered Thursday as China's manufacturing weakened and the latest Fed minutes reminded investors that U.S. interest rates are likely to rise next year. Japan's Nikkei 225 closed at 17,300.86 Thursday. (Photo by Shizuo Kambayashi/AP Photo)

Women carry shopping bags in the Dotonbori amusement district of Osaka, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A worker stands at a junction to direct traffic around a construction site in Osaka, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

Women carry shopping bags in the Dotonbori amusement district of Osaka, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

Shoppers walk past a Buddhist monk asking for alms in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district Tuesday, November 18, 2014. The news Monday that the economy contracted 1.6 percent in annual terms in July to September, following a 7.1 percent decline the previous quarter, virtually ensures that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will decide Tuesday to delay a tax hike planned for October 2015. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

A man walks past an bas-relief advertising a Japanese restaurant in the Dotonbori amusement district of Osaka, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A man serves a curry dish with whale meat to one of lawmakers and government officials who promote whale meat at a dining room of Ministry of International Trade and Industry in Tokyo Wednesday, November 19, 2014. Japan has slashed its whale catch target in the Antarctic by two-thirds in a bid to resume its annual whale hunt, which an international court ruled must stop. (Photo by /Eugene Hoshiko/AP Phot)

A man walks past a restaurant in the Dotonbori amusement district of Osaka, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

Women walk past an advertising billboard in the Dotonbori amusement district of Osaka, western Japan, November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

Men work at a construction site at night in Osaka, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

People cross a street in front of an electronic board, showing various stock prices, outside a brokerage in Tokyo, November 19, 2014. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)

Staff work inside a luxury brand store after its closing time in Tokyo November 18, 2014. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)

Staff clean products as they close their electronics retail store in Tokyo November 18, 201. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)

A visitor walks past displays of Takata Corp at a showroom for vehicles in Tokyo in this November 5, 2014 file photograph. Takata Corp said on November 19, 2014 it would work with U.S. safety regulators and automakers if an expanded recall of vehicles with potentially defective air bags is needed as urged by the National Highway Traffic Safety Agency (NHTSA). (Photo by Toru Hanai/Reuters)

Shoppers look at items at a pharmacy in Tokyo November 19, 2014. The Bank of Japan kept monetary settings and its upbeat economic view unchanged on Wednesday in the wake of data showing the economy has slipped into recession, preferring to spend more time to gauge the effect of its surprise easing last month. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)

Staff members of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry prepare for whale meat tasting during a whale meat promotion event at a restaurant in the ministry in Tokyo November 19, 2014. Japanese government officials lunched on whale meat on Wednesday in a bid to promote Japan's new plan to resume whale hunting in the Southern Ocean, ruled out once by the International Court of Justice (ICI) earlier this year. Japan on Tuesday unveiled plans to resume whale hunting in the Southern Ocean despite an international court ruling that previous hunts were illegal, but said it would slash the quota for the so-called scientific whaling programme. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

An Airbus A350 XWB aircraft lands for its market survey as Japan Airlines' (JAL) officials look on at Haneda airport in Tokyo November 19, 2014. JAL placed a major order with Airbus for 31 A350 XWBs, which are scheduled for delivery to JAL from 2019, according to an Airbus press release. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Reuters)

Tourists, dressed in traditional Japanese kimonos, stand in a park in Kyoto, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A woman, dressed in a traditional Japanese kimono, poses for tourists in Kyoto, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

Women, dressed in traditional Japanese kimonos, cross a street in Kyoto, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

School girls, wearing surgical masks, cross a street at lunch time in Kyoto, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A man feed pigeons as he stands next to a woman, dressed in a traditional Japanese kimono, in a park in Kyoto, western Japan November 19, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)