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Yoshihide Suga, the prime minister of Japan vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 vaccination in Japan started later than in most other major economies. [4] The country has frequently been regarded as "slow" in its vaccination efforts. [5] [6] Japan has so far approved Pfizer–BioNTech, Moderna and Oxford–AstraZeneca for use.
The COVID-19 vaccination in Japan began on 17 February 2021, more than a month after the first anniversary of the beginning of the pandemic in the country was commemorated. As of 22 October 2021, about 96.4 million people in Japan received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while about 86.9 million were fully vaccinated.
A Review of Higher Education Reform in Modern Japan. Paul Doyon. Higher Education, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Jun., 2001), pp. 443–470. Japan's Top 30 Universities. William Currie. International Higher Education, Winter 2002 ; Engineering Tasks for the New Century: Japanese and U.S. Perspectives (1999) Office of International Affairs
Tokyo — Japan's Health Ministry has pulled about 1.63 million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine out of use after 39 unused vials at eight vaccination sites were discovered to be ...
As of 23 March 2020, more than 1.2 billion learners were out of school due to school closures in response to COVID-19. [8] Given low rates of COVID-19 symptoms among children, the effectiveness of school closures has been called into question. [13] Even when school closures are temporary, it carries high social and economic costs. [14]
The lower secondary school covers grades seven through nine, with children typically aged twelve through fifteen. There are 3.2 million primary school students in Japan as of 2023, down from over 5.3 million in 1991. [34] However, the number of junior high schools has remained relatively static, falling from 11,275 in 1993 to 9,944 in 2023. [34]
Vaccination requirements for international travel are the aspect of vaccination policy that concerns the movement of people across borders. Countries around the world require travellers departing to other countries, or arriving from other countries, to be vaccinated against certain infectious diseases in order to prevent epidemics .
The level of health in Japan is due to a number of factors including cultural habits, isolation, and a universal health care system. John Creighton Campbell, a professor at the University of Michigan and Tokyo University , told the New York Times in 2009 that Japanese people are the healthiest group on the planet. [ 1 ]