THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 15, 2021 at 17:05 JST
Flight attendants of Japan Airlines rest after receiving their first dose of the Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine shot at their office in Haneda Airport as the airline company began its workplace vaccination on June 14 in Tokyo. (AP Photo)
The government is speeding up inoculations of workers and university students in urban centers such as the Tokyo metropolitan area, where a large segment of the population has yet to be vaccinated and risks transmitting the novel coronavirus. [Read More]
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