have thwarted government plans to extend the nation's health pass on january 15th. the pass must be displayed to access public places, bars, restaurants, and the like. it is proof that a person has either been vaccinated or recently tested negative for covid. but the government wants to eliminate that testing exception. in other words, a person would have to be vaccinated in order to engage in practically any public activity. after a noisy debate, the parliamentary session was suspended at midnight, but the government will try once again to push the legislation through, perhaps as early as today. >> reporter: i'm blake in tokyo. in japan, the daily case count remains relatively low. earlier this week, the southern most prefecture of okinawa reported its highest single day total since last september. okinawa's local government is blaming the u.s. military. earlier this week, the u.s. military reported nearly 3,700