Japan faces a rising tide of aging infrastructure that cannot be repaired due to tight budgets and worker shortages.

Local authorities are required to inspect bridges and tunnels every five years, following a fatal tunnel collapse a decade ago. The accident in the Chuo Expressway's Sasago Tunnel in Yamanashi Prefecture killed nine people.

An iconic large lantern in Tokyo's Asakusa area has been removed from a temple's main gate for the first time in seven years for repair work.

Many visitors in the area take photos in front of the lantern at the Kaminarimon, or Thunder Gate, of Sensoji Temple.