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Tokyo mum creates COVID-19 vaccination database amid information vacuum
LaShawn Toyoda, a 36-year-old American working mother in Japan who has created a digital database on clinics offering coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination shots, is pictured in Tokyo, Japan, June 30, 2021. LaShawn Toyoda/via REUTERS
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TOKYO: Balancing a new software programming job and caring for a toddler in Tokyo, LaShawn Toyoda saw increasing confusion in her social media feeds among non-Japanese speakers about how they could get a COVID-19 vaccine.
The 36-year-old, a former English teacher who had recently completed an intensive coding course as part of a pandemic-prompted career change, decided she had the skills to help ease concerns amid a lack of clear direction from officials.
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