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A return to trays of glistening tandoori and hand-rolled naan for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic is a return to normalcy

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about Japans low coronavirus vaccination rate compared to some other countries.

COVID-19 Vaccination Fukuoka City has announced that it is starting its vaccination program for a portion of elderly residents from April 12. It is expected that all elderly residents will receive a notice and voucher for vaccination from the city later this month. Who can get a vaccine? Anyone aged16 and above, including non-Japanese residents. However, the government is administering vaccines in the following order: 1) health care professionals and others who provide medical treatment for COV...

Dec 30, 2020 New, potentially more infectious variants of the novel coronavirus that surfaced in the U.K. and South Africa have been detected in Japan over the past week, raising alarm that this could further accelerate the spread of the virus and cast a shadow over the economic recovery, let alone the hosting of the Tokyo Games slated for next year. What do we know about the new variants and what are the overall ramifications, including whether the vaccines are effective against them?...

news Editorial: Japan vaccine rollout should prioritize safety, address fears The Mainichi © The Mainichi Screening of new coronavirus vaccines has begun in Japan, with American firm Pfizer Inc. applying to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for special approval of the vaccine it developed. A number of countries have already green-lit use of Pfizers vaccine, and vaccinations have started in the U.S., U.K. and elsewhere. But the normal procedures have been truncated, lea...

Major U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc. on Friday filed for a fast-track approval in Japan of its COVID-19 vaccine, marking the first such application made in the nation, with industry sources saying the formal approval could come within months amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. The U.K. and the U.S. have already started this month administering the firms mRNA vaccine, developed jointly with Germany’s BioNTech SE, and this week Singapore became the first Asian country to grant approval fo...