Members of the Tokyo fire department hold their flags before a New Year performance by the fire brigade in Tokyo, Japan, January 6, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





Members of the Tokyo fire department march during a New Year performance by the fire brigade in Tokyo, Japan, January 6, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





A firefighter and rescues perform drills during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo, Japan, January 6, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo, Japan, January 6, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





Members of a traditional firefighting preservation group perform ladder stunts during the annual New Year's Fire Brigade Review in Tokyo, Wednesday, January 6, 2016. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo, Japan, January 6, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo, Japan, January 6, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo, Japan, January 6, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo, Japan, January 6, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association balance on top of bamboo ladders during a demonstration at the New Year's fire review held by the Tokyo Fire Department in Tokyo, Japan, 06 January 2016. Some 2,800 firefighters perform various emergency rescue and firefighting demonstrations in an effort to promote the prevention of fire and disaster in the annual event. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/EPA)