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Japanese soccer fans react to a strong earthquake as they watch a J-League soccer match between the Shonan Bellmare and the Sanfrecce Hiroshima at BMW Stadium in Hiratsuka, southwest of Tokyo Saturday, May 30, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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A man walks past a Honda on display at Honda Motor Co. headquarters in Tokyo in this April 25, 2014, file photo. Honda Motor Co. recalled an additional 4.89 million vehicles around the world Thursday, May 14, 2015, for a new type of problem in Takata air bag inflators, for which Japanese rivals Toyota and Nissan have already carried out recalls.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Thursday, May 14, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Japanese flags are hoisted as tourists walk though the Nakamise shopping street in front of Sensoji Templehe in the Asakusa district in Tokyo Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Asakusa is an old town in the capital that draws many tourists from across the world. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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A man walks by a McDonald's logo in front of its restaurant in Tokyo in this Dec. 17, 2014, file photo. McDonald’s is set to unveil its latest plans to revive its sputtering business on Monday, May 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

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Tokyo's Mitsukoshi department store uses a life-like humanoid robot to greet and interact with store customers. (Image: NBC News screenshot)

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Well-wishers wave Japanese flags to greet Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko during New Year's public appearance of the imperial couple at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida before their working lunch at the foreign ministry's Iikura guest house in Tokyo Wednesday, April 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Yuya Shino, Pool)

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Kimono-clad women, who reach the age of 20 this year, ride a roller coaster following their Coming of Age ceremony at Tokyo's Toshimaen amusement park on the Coming of Age Day national holiday in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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In this Dec. 5, 2014, photo, Hachiro Okonogi, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate for a Kanagawa district, canvasses for votes during a lower house election campaign rally in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) ** FILE **

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FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2014 file photo, people watch a bluefin tuna laid in front of a sushi restaurant near Tsukiji fish market after the year's celebratory first auction in Tokyo. The researchers at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology are fine-tuning a technology to use mackerel surrogates to spawn the bluefin, a process he hopes will enable fisheries to raise the huge, torpedo-shaped fish more quickly and at lower cost than conventional aquaculture. The aim: to relieve pressure on wild fish stocks while preserving vital genetic diversity. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

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A Japanese pitcher tries to catch Babe Ruth off first base but the empire calls Ruth safe, Nov. 21, 1934, during an exhibition game in Meiji Stadium, Tokyo. (AP Photo)

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Japan¹s Keisuke Honda, right, and Cyprus’ Giorgos Efrem, left, clash during a friendly soccer match in Saitama, north of Tokyo, Tuesday, May 27, 2014.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)