No multilingual vaccine ticket support at 90% of central Japan pref. s municipalities
May 28, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Pre-vaccination screening questionnaire sheets translated into multiple languages that are available from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare website are seen on May 22, 2021. (Mainichi/Hitomi Takai) NAGOYA With coronavirus vaccinations for older people in full swing, 90% of local governments in Aichi Prefecture home to Japan s second largest population of foreign residents are not providing multilingual support when sending out vaccination tickets, a Mainichi Shimbun survey has revealed. As a result, foreign residents who do receive their vaccine vouchers may still not be able to make an appointment or receive the shots if they do not understand Japanese. A support group representative said, We can expect the same situation nationwide. There must be a sharing of cutting-edge local governments knowledge and promotion of countermeasures before