Breakdancing: World championships

Ayumi Fukushima of Japan poses with her gold medal after winning the women's competition at the world breakdancing championships in Paris on Dec. 4, 2021.

Breakdancing: World championships

Ayumi Fukushima of Japan performs en route to winning the women's competition at the world breakdancing championships in Paris on Dec. 4, 2021.

Breakdancing: World championships

Ayumi Fukushima of Japan performs en route to winning the women's competition at the world breakdancing championships in Paris on Dec. 4, 2021.

Breakdancing: World championships

Ayumi Fukushima of Japan reacts after winning the women's competition at the world breakdancing championships in Paris on Dec. 4, 2021.

Breakdancing: World championships

Japan's Ayumi Fukushima (L) and Ami Yuasa are pictured after finishing first and second, respectively, in the women's competition at the world breakdancing championships in Paris on Dec. 4, 2021.

Breakdancing: World championships

Japan's Ayumi Fukushima (R) and Ami Yuasa are pictured after finishing first and second, respectively, in the women's competition at the world breakdancing championships in Paris on Dec. 4, 2021.

Breakdancing: World championships

Ami Yuasa of Japan performs en route to finishing second in the women's competition at the world breakdancing championships in Paris on Dec. 4, 2021.

Breakdancing: World championships

Ayumi Fukushima of Japan performs en route to winning the women's competition at the world breakdancing championships in Paris on Dec. 4, 2021.

PM Kishida visits Fukushima city working on smart city scheme

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from L) observes a remote conference system during a visit to the Fukushima Prefecture city of Aizuwakamatsu, northeastern Japan, known for working on a smart city scheme, on Dec. 4, 2021. The central government has promoted a national digitalization project as part of its efforts to revitalize regional economies. (Pool photo)

PM Kishida visits Fukushima city working on smart city scheme

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida observes remote sales of liquor during a visit to the Fukushima Prefecture city of Aizuwakamatsu, northeastern Japan, known for working on a smart city scheme, on Dec. 4, 2021. The central government has promoted a national digitalization project as part of its efforts to revitalize regional economies. (Pool photo)

Ex-Yankee Tanaka vows to do best at Eagles for 2022

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka waves at a fan event at a ballpark for his current team Rakuten Eagles in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 4, 2021. Tanaka pledged to do all he can after deciding to stay at the Pacific League club for the 2022 season.

Wall panel featuring "One Piece" characters

Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima (R), accompanied by the southwestern Japan prefecture's official black bear mascot Kumamon, speaks on Dec. 4, 2021, during a ceremony to unveil a wall panel featuring characters from the best-selling Japanese manga series "One Piece," set up at Kumamoto airport. The panel was produced as part of a project to help Kumamoto, the hometown of the pirate manga's author Eiichiro Oda, recover from the April 2016 earthquakes.

Boxing painting by Neo-Dadaist artist Shinohara

New York-residing Japanese Neo-Dadaist artist Ushio Shinohara, 89, performs his signature boxing painting at a gallery in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2021. He is visiting Japan for an exhibition that started at the gallery the same day.

Japan doctor Nakamura remembered

A memorial ceremony is held in the Fukuoka Prefecture city of Omuta, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 4, 2021, for Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura who was gunned down in Afghanistan exactly two years ago. Nakamura, known for years of aid work in Afghanistan, was killed in a roadside shooting in eastern Afghanistan on Dec. 4, 2019.

Japan doctor Nakamura remembered

A memorial ceremony is held in the Fukuoka Prefecture city of Omuta, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 4, 2021, for Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura who was gunned down in Afghanistan exactly two years ago. Nakamura, known for years of aid work in Afghanistan, was killed in a roadside shooting in eastern Afghanistan on Dec. 4, 2019.

PM Kishida visits Fukushima city working on smart city scheme

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) observes delivery service using a self-driving robot during a visit to the Fukushima Prefecture city of Aizuwakamatsu, northeastern Japan, known for working on a smart city scheme, on Dec. 4, 2021. The central government has promoted a national digitalization project as part of its efforts to revitalize regional economies. (Pool photo)

Ex-Yankee Tanaka vows to do best at Eagles for 2022

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka poses at a fan event at a ballpark for his current team Rakuten Eagles in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 4, 2021. Tanaka pledged to do all he can after deciding to stay at the Pacific League club for the 2022 season.

Boxing painting by Neo-Dadaist artist Shinohara

New York-residing Japanese Neo-Dadaist artist Ushio Shinohara, 89, performs his signature boxing painting at a gallery in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2021. He is visiting Japan for an exhibition that started at the gallery the same day.

Boxing painting by Neo-Dadaist artist Shinohara

New York-residing Japanese Neo-Dadaist artist Ushio Shinohara, 89, poses after performing his signature boxing painting at a gallery in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2021. He is visiting Japan for an exhibition that started at the gallery the same day.

PM Kishida visits Fukushima city working on smart city scheme

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) observes a remote conference system during a visit to the Fukushima Prefecture city of Aizuwakamatsu, northeastern Japan, known for working on a smart city scheme, on Dec. 4, 2021. The central government has promoted a national digitalization project as part of its efforts to revitalize regional economies. (Pool photo)

Ex-Yankee Tanaka vows to do best at Eagles for 2022

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (C) takes part in a fan event at a ballpark for his current team Rakuten Eagles in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 4, 2021. Tanaka pledged to do all he can after deciding to stay at the Pacific League club for the 2022 season.

Wall panel featuring "One Piece" characters

Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima (L) poses with the southwestern Japan prefecture's official black bear mascot Kumamon on Dec. 4, 2021, during a ceremony to unveil a wall panel featuring characters from the best-selling Japanese manga series "One Piece," set up at Kumamoto airport. The panel was produced as part of a project to help Kumamoto, the hometown of the pirate manga's author Eiichiro Oda, recover from the April 2016 earthquakes.

Boxing painting by Neo-Dadaist artist Shinohara

New York-residing Japanese Neo-Dadaist artist Ushio Shinohara, 89, performs his signature boxing painting at a gallery in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2021. He is visiting Japan for an exhibition that started at the gallery the same day.

Boxing painting by Neo-Dadaist artist Shinohara

New York-residing Japanese Neo-Dadaist artist Ushio Shinohara, 89, performs his signature boxing painting at a gallery in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2021. He is visiting Japan for an exhibition that started at the gallery the same day.

Boxing painting by Neo-Dadaist artist Shinohara

New York-residing Japanese Neo-Dadaist artist Ushio Shinohara, 89, performs his signature boxing painting at a gallery in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2021. He is visiting Japan for an exhibition that started at the gallery the same day.

PM Kishida visits Fukushima city working on smart city scheme

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida observes remote sales of liquor during a visit to the Fukushima Prefecture city of Aizuwakamatsu, northeastern Japan, known for working on a smart city scheme, on Dec. 4, 2021. The central government has promoted a national digitalization project as part of its efforts to revitalize regional economies. (Pool photo)

Ex-Yankee Tanaka vows to do best at Eagles for 2022

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka speaks at a fan event at a ballpark for his current team Rakuten Eagles in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 4, 2021. Tanaka pledged to do all he can after deciding to stay at the Pacific League club for the 2022 season.

Japan's main opposition party leader Izumi

Kenta Izumi (R), new leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and the party's secretary general Chinami Nishimura meet the media in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2021, after holding talks with Tomoko Yoshino, chief of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, Japan's biggest labor organization known as Rengo.

Search operation after huge mudslide in Atami, Japan

Search operations are carried out in the Shizuoka Prefecture hot spring resort city of Atami, central Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021, five months after a deadly mudslide.

Search operation after huge mudslide in Atami, Japan

Search operations are carried out in the Shizuoka Prefecture hot spring resort city of Atami, central Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021, five months after a deadly mudslide.

Japan's top government spokesman Matsuno

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2021.

Baseball: Ichiro as temporary high school team instructor

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (C) coaches baseball players at Chiba Meitoku High School in Chiba, eastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021.

Baseball: Ichiro as temporary high school team instructor

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki plays catch with a player as he coaches the Chiba Meitoku High School baseball team in Chiba, eastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021.

Security camera inside Tokyo train

File photo taken in May 2018 shows a security camera installed inside a train of East Japan Railway Co.'s Yamanote loop line running in central Tokyo area.

Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) is pictured before a Cabinet meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2021.

Japan PM Kishida at Cabinet meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) attends a Cabinet meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2021, along with Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (L) and Seiko Noda, minister in charge of regional revitalization.

Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) is pictured before a Cabinet meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2021.

Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2021.

Earthquake hits area near Mt. Fuji

A Japan Meteorological Agency official holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2021, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 struck near Mt. Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Film director Lim Kah Wai

Film director Lim Kah Wai is pictured in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2021. He introduces the attractiveness of Hong Kong movies in Japan.

Film director Lim Kah Wai

Film director Lim Kah Wai speaks in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2021. He introduces the attractiveness of Hong Kong movies in Japan.

Baseball: Ichiro as temporary high school team instructor

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (C) coaches baseball players at Chiba Meitoku High School in Chiba, eastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021.

Baseball: Ichiro as temporary high school team instructor

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches baseball players at Chiba Meitoku High School in Chiba, eastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021.

Baseball: Ichiro as temporary high school team instructor

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki plays catch with a player as he coaches the Chiba Meitoku High School baseball team in Chiba, eastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021.

Pianists Kyohei Sorita, Aimi Kobayashi

Pianists Kyohei Sorita (R) and Aimi Kobayashi perform at the Karuizawa Ohga Hall in the Nagano Prefecture town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021. Sorita and Kobayashi finished second and fourth, respectively, at the Frederic Chopin international piano competition in Poland in October.

Boxing: Murata-Golovkin title unification bout postponed

File photo shows WBA middleweight super champion Ryota Murata of Japan. His title unification bout against IBF champion Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan, scheduled for Dec. 29, 2021, has been postponed, Murata's Teiken boxing gym said on Dec. 3, due to Japan's new border restrictions to avoid the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

Baseball: Ichiro as temporary high school team instructor

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (R) coaches baseball players at Chiba Meitoku High School in Chiba, eastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021.

Baseball: Ichiro as temporary high school team instructor

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki takes batting practice as he coaches baseball players at Chiba Meitoku High School in Chiba, eastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021.

Baby cheetah at Japanese zoo

A baby cheetah is pictured at the Adventure World zoo, aquarium and amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021.

Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2021.