People cool off inside Kaiyukan aquarium on a sweltering hot day in Osaka on July 2, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People cool off inside Kaiyukan aquarium on a sweltering hot day in Osaka on July 2, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A young skateboarder tries out a course at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo as it is shown to the press on July 4, 2022. The Tokyo metropolitan government is planning to expand the park, which was used as the venue for Tokyo Olympic skateboarding events, into a urban sports center that will possibly open in March 2024 for bouldering and 3x3 basketball as well as skateboarding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Miki Sudo (C) celebrates after winning the women's division of the annual Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest for the eighth time on July 4, 2022, in New York. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A high school student looks at wishes written on strips of paper called "tanzaku" attached to bamboo for the "tanabata" Star Festival in the Okayama Prefecture city of Kurashiki, western Japan, on July 5, 2022, before the fourth anniversary the next day of torrential rain that caused flooding and mudslides, claiming the lives of 304 people in 14 prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People take PCR tests for the novel coronavirus in Shanghai on July 6, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Nagoya-based theme park Legoland Japan Resort reveals a new attraction featuring a huge pool and a maze to the media in the central Japan city on July 7, 2022, ahead of its opening the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
