TOKYO – Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has signed a contract with Pfizer Inc. to receive approximately 144 million doses of the drugmaker’s COVID-19 vaccine sufficient for 72 million people this year, Pfizer Japan announced on Wednesday.
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TOKYO – The number of Filipino visitors to Japan numbered 109,100 last year, according to a preliminary data published by the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), an 82.2 percent drop from 2019.
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MANILA – The Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested a total of 55 foreign fugitives in 2020, including 10 Japanese nationals, wanted for serious crimes in their home countries.
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TOKYO – Japan plans to start vaccinating people against the novel coronavirus at the end of February.
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TOKYO – Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that the entry of all non-resident foreign nationals into Japan would be suspended until Feb. 7 in an attempt to prevent the further spread of the novel coronavirus.
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