Japan will start accepting applications for COVID-19 vaccination passports from July 26 Japan will start accepting applications for COVID-19 vaccination passports from July 26 for people who had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to travel internationally, said the top government spokesman. On Sunday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said on an NHK TV program that … Read more
Tokyo’s donation of AstraZeneca jabs was a testament to Japan’s “deep-rooted” friendship with the Philippines, according to PM Suga. On Thursday, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said that Tokyo’s donation of AstraZeneca jabs was a testament to Japan’s “deep-rooted” friendship with the Philippines. According to Suga, the delivery of around one million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine … Read more
Duque thanked Japan for donating AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines. On Thursday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III expressed gratitude to Japan for donating Japan-manufactured AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Philippines. The Japanese government donated a total of 1,124,100 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed the shipment in … Read more
Japan will issue vaccine passports for Japanese travelers. On Thursday, Japan said that it will issue vaccine passports for Japanese travelers as governments around the world experimented with ways to relaunch tourism and business trips. Top government spokesman Katsunobu Kato told reporters that the government was preparing to issue a “certificate of vaccination” for travelers … Read more
Japan warned against daytime karaoke sessions. Japan warned its citizens against daytime karaoke sessions and called for caution from authorities in the country. In a report on Inquirer, a rash of coronavirus clusters linked to daytime karaoke sessions by the elderly — including several linked to 93 cases in one prefecture — prompted a stern … Read more
