JAPAN TO ACCEPT VACCINATION PASSPORT APPLICATIONS FROM JULY 26

The vaccination certificates in Japan will be official records issued by municipalities. It will show information about an administered vaccine, the vaccination date and location and personal information such as name of the traveller and passport number. From July 26 Japan will start accepting applications for vaccination passports for people who have been fully inoculated against Covid-19 to travel internationally, the top government spokesman said Sunday.

The vaccination certificates will be official records issued by municipalities. It will show information about an administered vaccine, the vaccination date and location, and personal information such as name and passport number. Kato has said the certificates will be issued in paper form by the end of July, and the digital ones will be considered later. Whether to use such certificates for domestic economic activities as business circles request is under consideration by the Japanese government, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said on an NHK TV program, adding that people should not be discriminated against or forced unfairly due to whether they have been vaccinated or not.

The largest business lobby of Japan, the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, has suggested using the certificates for raising event attendance caps and for restaurant discounts in Japan.