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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks about his trip to the United States at the Upper House plenary session on April 21. (Koichi Ueda) Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s “trophy” from his brief trip to Washington immediately gathered rust after his return home. Commenting on an issue dominating the minds of the Japanese public, Suga told reporters on April 19 that Japan had secured enough doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate all eligible people by September. Under the central government’s definition, that would mean about 110 million people who are 16 or older. Suga said that in his 10-minute phone conversation with Pfizer Inc.’s CEO, Albert Bourla, on April 17, he asked the pharmaceutical company to provide additional vaccines to Japan. The prime minister quoted Bourla as replying that Pfizer “will pursue consultations in a rapid manner.” ....
Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi holds up multiple IDs in his left hand and a new unified ID in his right hand on March 16. (Masatoshi Toda.) Two Cabinet ministers are the latest converts to the popular Japanese trend of decluttering, taking aim at the jumble of ID badges weighing down the necks of ministry officials. Taro Kono, state minister in charge of administrative reform, and Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said they are planning to reduce the tangle of 45 IDs issued to environment ministry officials down to one. The duo made their announcements at news conferences on March 16 following a Cabinet meeting. ....
Delays in jabs for senior citizens, others now look inevitable : The Asahi Shimbun asahi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from asahi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Yasutoshi Nishimura, the state minister in charge of economic revitalization and the central government’s handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic, speaks in the Diet on Feb. 12. (Kotaro Ebara) Yasutoshi Nishimura, the government’s point man in dealing with the novel coronavirus pandemic, apologized after a magazine revealed that several of his overworked aides have been replaced. One of his aides worked for more than 150 consecutive days during the COVID-19 crisis. Nishimura confirmed the heavy workload of his aides at the Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Feb. 12 in response to questions by Hiroyuki Moriyama of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. ....