Although Japan has announced that Covid-19 vaccines will be available free for the entire country, there are still some unanswered questions regarding the tentative vaccination programme. When the news first broke, it was unclear whether foreign residents in Japan would be eligible.
In a recent Tweet, Japan’s Minister of Administrative Affairs, Taro Kono, who is also in charge of the country’s Covid-19 response, stated that ‘diplomats, expats and other foreign residents in Japan’ are eligible for coronavirus vaccine as long as they are registered residents within a municipality.
Diplomats, expats and other foreign residents in Japan who are registered with a municipality of residence are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination. Inoculation questionnaire will be translated into multiple languages.
— KONO Taro (@konotaromp) February 1, 2021
At this point in time, the government has yet to issue an official and definitive statement regarding the matter, but seeing as Kono is heading the Covid-19 vaccination rollout in the country, his Tweet is worth noting.
This is a developing story and will be updated when an official statement becomes available.
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