Japan receives 3rd batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine The third batch of Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Japan on Monday as the country prepares to expand its inoculation program for health care workers. The shipment of up to 526,500 doses of the only novel coronavirus vaccine so far approved for use in Japan was delivered to Narita airport near Tokyo from Belgium, where they were produced. Including the shipment, the Japanese government has said it will receive up to 2.66 million doses in March alone, with six shots taken from each vaccine bottle. It has received around half, or 1.36 million doses, in the three shipments so far.