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Japan orders 150 million doses of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 04:50 PM

Japan has agreed to buy 150 million doses of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, with Takeda expecting to manufacture the formula for distribution in 2022. Read more »

Tokyo mom creates COVID-19 vaccination database amid information vacuum

Rocky Swift, Reuters
Posted at Jul 01 04:27 PM

Balancing a new software programming job and caring for a toddler in Tokyo, LaShawn Toyoda saw increasing confusion in her social media feeds among non-Japanese speakers about how they could get a COVID-19 vaccine. Read more »

Japan's imperial family members receive COVID vaccines for 1st time

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 01 06:20 PM

Three senior members of Japan's imperial family received coronavirus vaccinations Tuesday at a hospital on the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, sources close to the matter said, marking the first confirmed inoculations among the royals. Read more »

Japan opens mass state-run COVID vaccination centers in Tokyo, Osaka

Kyodo News
Posted at May 24 01:29 PM

Japan opened large-scale state-run coronavirus vaccination centers on Monday in Tokyo and Osaka in a bid to accelerate the country's inoculation program that has lagged behind other developed countries and fueled concerns about the plan to hold the Olympics in the capital in two months. Read more »

Pfizer vaccine effective against COVID-19 variants in Japan: study

Kyodo News
Posted at May 12 03:43 PM

Around 90 percent of those who received the vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. were found to have antibodies against the various COVID-19 variants detected in Japan, a university study showed Wednesday. Read more »

Japan mulls letting dentists administer COVID-19 vaccines

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 19 01:59 PM

The Japanese government will consider allowing dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccines, its top spokesman said Monday, amid concerns there will be a dearth of doctors and nurses once the rollout hits full tilt.   Read more »

Japan begins COVID-19 shots for over 65s as 4th infection wave looms

Rocky Swift, Reuters
Posted at Apr 12 01:20 PM

Japan began COVID-19 vaccinations for its sizable elderly population on Monday, with imported doses still in short supply and the pace unlikely to stop a fourth wave of infection. Read more »

Japan sees high rate of anaphylaxis after taking Pfizer vaccine

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 10 03:31 PM

People in Japan who received Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine seem to have suffered anaphylaxis at a higher rate than in the United States and Europe, the minister in charge of vaccination efforts said Wednesday. Read more »

Japan receives third batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 01 11:10 AM

The third batch of Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Japan on Monday as the country is preparing to expand its inoculation program for health-care workers. Read more »

Japan vaccine supplies to be limited, delaying shots for elderly - minister

Reuters
Posted at Feb 22 01:34 PM

Japan will only receive limited doses of COVID-19 vaccines for the first months of the inoculation rollout and shots for the elderly will be distributed gradually, the country's inoculation chief has said. Read more »

Japan's COVID-19 vaccine rollout expands beyond Tokyo area

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 18 03:14 PM

Japan expanded its COVID-19 vaccine rollout beyond the Tokyo metropolitan area on Thursday, with health workers set to be inoculated at 100 hospitals across the country by next week. Read more »

Japan launches COVID-19 vaccinations as Olympics approach

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 17 01:07 PM

Japan began administering COVID-19 vaccinations on Wednesday, starting with health workers in Tokyo before expanding the rollout nationwide as the clock ticks down to the Summer Olympics. Read more »

Syringe shortage hampers Japan's COVID-19 vaccination rollout

Kiyoshi Takenaka, Reuters
Posted at Feb 16 12:36 PM

Japan is scrambling to secure special syringes to maximize the number of COVID-19 vaccine shots used from each vial, but manufacturers are struggling to ramp up production quickly, raising fears that millions of doses could go waste. Read more »

Japan plans mass virus jabs ahead of Olympics from May: reports

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 20 01:46 PM

Japan aims to start vaccinating the general public against the coronavirus in May -- just two months before the postponed Olympics -- after targeted jabs for the most vulnerable, reports said Wednesday.   Read more »