A person looks at an election poster board for Tokyo gubernatorial election Monday, July 1, 2024, in Tokyo. Tokyo elects a new governor on Sunday but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning — there are nearly nude women in suggestive poses, pets, an AI character and a man practicing his golf swing. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption
A lunch at Onigiri Bongo includes mustard green and salmon flake onigiri, miso soup, pickles and green tea. Anthony Kuhn/NPR hide caption
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga bows during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Friday, following his announcement that he will not seek reelection for Liberal Democratic Party leadership this month. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Japan and Olympic flags fly as country flags are carried in during the closing ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the Summer Olympics on Sunday in Tokyo. Vincent Thian/AP hide caption
U.S. track star Allyson Felix smiles after winning the bronze medal in the 400 meter race on Friday. Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. star sprinter Allyson Felix, shown here in June during U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, is competing this week at the Tokyo Olympics. Ashley Landis/AP hide caption
Pedestrians cross the landmark Shibuya Crossing intersection in the shopping and entertainment district of Shibuya in Tokyo on June 27, 2021. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People in Tokyo wear masks on May 7. Daily coronavirus infections in Japan's capital have topped 4,000 — nearly four times as many as a week ago. Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images hide caption
Taylor Crabb, shown here during a 2019 beach volleyball match, tested positive upon arrival to Tokyo and was not able to compete at the Olympic Games. Matteo Ciambelli/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
Sunisa Lee of the United States performs on the balance beam Tuesday during the artistic gymnastics women's final at the Tokyo Olympics. Ashley Landis/AP hide caption
A passerby looks on while wearing a protective face covering inside an empty Olympic Stadium, host to the Athletics competition, at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Thursday. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption
The Olympics have become a huge commercial success, so why do cities like Tokyo often seem to come out on the losing end? Scott Halleran/Getty Images hide caption
United States pitcher Monica Abbott trains at the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in Fukushima, Japan. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
A woman passes the Olympic Rings near the National Stadium last month in Tokyo. There won't be any spectators at Olympic events in Japan's capital. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption
Buildings are damaged by a mudslide in the city of Atami, west of Tokyo, on Saturday following heavy rains in the area. Kyodo News via AP hide caption
A crowd demonstrates against the Tokyo Olympics earlier this month in Tokyo. With less than three months remaining until the Olympics, concern lingers in Japan over the feasibility of hosting such a huge event during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images hide caption
A couple takes pictures with the Olympic rings monument near the National Stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Feb. 4. Organizers have decided that overseas spectators won't be allowed to attend the Games this summer. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Japan's Olympic organizing committee president, Yoshiro Mori, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4. Kim Kyung-hoon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, listens to a question from a journalist during a news conference in Tokyo last Thursday. Kim Kyung-hoon/AP hide caption
A woman enters a public restroom with transparent walls in Tokyo's Shibuya ward. Architect Shigeru Ban designed the bathroom in a way to reassure anyone entering the toilet. Satoshi Nagare/The Nippon Foundation hide caption
The Olympic rings displayed outside the National Stadium, a venue for the 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo on April 7. The games have been delayed until 2021 because of the coronavirus. Behrouz Mehri/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The International Olympic Committee has set firm dates for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which are now set to start in July 2021. Here, a man walks past a banner promoting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Sunday, after a late-season snow in Tokyo. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
A person in Tokyo takes a photo of a clock counting down the days until the planned start of the Tokyo Games. They will now take place next year. Yukihito Taguchi/USA Today Sports via Reuters hide caption
Workers stack sandbags at a construction site in preparation for Typhoon Hagibis on Enoshima Island, Kamakura, west of Tokyo on Friday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption