THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 12, 2022 at 17:05 JST
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno announces plans to inoculate children under the age of 12 against COVID-19 during a news conference on Jan. 11. (Koichi Ueda)
The government announced Jan. 12 it plans to start providing COVID-19 vaccinations for children between the ages of 5 to 11 in March at the earliest. Until now, that age group had been ineligible for jabs due to health concerns. [Read More]
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