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Japan aims to introduce vaccine passports by late July

Published: 17 Jun 2021 - 09:40 am | Last Updated: 03 Nov 2021 - 05:45 pm
A worker attaches a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games banner on a lamp post in Tokyo, Japan, June 16, 2021. (Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski)

A worker attaches a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games banner on a lamp post in Tokyo, Japan, June 16, 2021. (Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski)

Reuters

TOKYO: Japan aims to introduce vaccine passports by around late July, the country's top government spokesman said on Thursday.

"We want to start around that time once overall preparations are made," Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters.