THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 26, 2021 at 16:54 JST
A service window at the Hirakata city government in Osaka Prefecture opens on July 26 to receive applications for COVID-19 vaccination certificates. (Takefumi Horinouchi)
Municipalities across Japan on July 26 started accepting applications for “vaccine passports” from people who are fully inoculated against COVID-19 and hope to travel overseas. [Read More]
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