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.

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.

TOKYO – Japan plans to start vaccinating people against the novel coronavirus at the end of February.

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.