TOKYO – Japan has received three shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine so far, comprising approximately 1.4 million doses.

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga visited Thursday the National Hospital Organization's Tokyo Medical Center in Meguro Ward, where the country’s COVID-19 vaccination drive was launched, to inspect the rollout.

TOKYO – Japan’s health care professionals will be the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech, after the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) approved its use on Sunday.

TOKYO – Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday that his country will provide an additional US$70 million to an international framework to help developing countries secure new coronavirus vaccines.