Japan, Astrazeneca Expect To Reach Deal On Vaccine

Japan, AstraZeneca expect to reach deal on vaccine

Japan's health ministry and the British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca are expected to reach an agreement shortly on the delivery of more than 100 million doses of an experimental coronavirus vaccine.

The vaccine is being developed jointly by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. It's already in the final stage of clinical trials in Brazil and elsewhere.

Japan, Pfizer Agree On Coronavirus Vaccine Deal

Japan, Pfizer agree on coronavirus vaccine deal

Japan's health ministry says it has reached an agreement with major US pharmaceutical company Pfizer over the supply of a coronavirus vaccine.

Under the deal, if Pfizer succeeds in developing the vaccine, it will supply Japan with 120 million doses for 60 million people by the end of June, 2021.

Govt. To Draw Up Legislation To Deal With Outbreak

Govt. to draw up legislation to deal with outbreak

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the government will quickly draw up legislation to prepare for a worst-case scenario involving the new coronavirus outbreak.

Abe spoke to an Upper House committee on Monday about the request he had made to shut down schools across Japan from Monday until the start of the spring break.

Japan Railways Releases App To Help Deal With Train Gropers

Japan Railways Releases App To Help Deal With Train Gropers

One of the problems Japan is facing is the problem of train gropers, who typically take advantage of the fact that Japan’s trains can get insanely crowded and they use that to their advantage to molest and grope their victims. Unfortunately, there is not much one can do about it as trains can be too crowded to correctly identify the groper.

Plus, due to the nature of trains, the groper can always easily hop off the next station and disappear. However, Japan Railways (JR East) has come up with a new app that will help the victims out. Whenever the victim thinks that they might have been groped, all they need to do is launch the app and tap the button, after which it will send a message to the train’s conductor.