COVID-19 Update: Japan may Issue Vaccination Certificates by Angela Mohan on March 17, 2021 at 2:08 PM Japan may provide certificates to those who have received COVID-19 shot. "If requested internationally, we will have no other choice but to consider issuing inoculation certificates," Kono said in a parliamentary session on Monday. He said that the certificates could be "processed through government vaccine rollout management systems", reports Xinhua news agency. Kono's remarks come as government sources said Monday an exit from the state of emergency "looked likely" for the greater Tokyo region. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a one-month state of emergency for the greater Tokyo area on January 7, before expanding the emergency measure to a total of 11 prefectures.