Japan has started giving coronavirus vaccinations to expatriates temporarily returning to their home country at two international airports in and near Tokyo.
Vaccine doses are available at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo’s Haneda Airport from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. People have to make a reservation on a special government website.
The move is in response to a survey taken by the government covering Japanese nationals living abroad. Many of the respondents said they prefer to receive injections in Japan.
The Foreign Ministry says about 40,000 expats are hoping to get jabs in Japan.
It says several hundred of them are expected to be inoculated on Sunday alone.
The vaccinations for returning nationals will continue until early January next year.
A senior Foreign Ministry official is calling on expats who want to be vaccinated to use this opportunity as infections are surging across the world.
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