Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's pick of Hirokazu Matsuno, the public face of the Cabinet, is apparently intended to underscore that the government is fully committed to the vaccination drive.
The minister in charge of vaccinations has said that the number of daily shots surpassed 1 million on Feb. 18 and Feb. 26, according to data from the government's recording system.
Japan reached the government's target of administering 1 million COVID-19 booster shots per day in mid-February as it accelerated the inoculation drive to stem infections driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the vaccine minister said Friday. Noriko Horiuchi, minister in charge of vaccinations, said at a…
Japan reached the government s target of administering 1 million COVID-19 booster shots per day in mid-February as it accelerated the inoculation drive to stem infections driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the vaccine minister says
A proposal for the economic revitalization minister to double as vaccination chief is being floated, with Japan aiming to decide on a new appointment by the end of March, according to sources familiar with the situation.