covid-19 vaccination in japan covid-19 vaccination in japan covid-19 vaccination in japan started later than in most other major economies. the country has frequently been regarded as "slow" in its vaccination efforts. covid-19 vaccination in japanjapan map by prefecture. percentage of people got fully vaccinated by population as of 9rd of january 2023.date17 february 2021 (2021-02-17) – 13 april 2023 (2023-04-13)locationjapancausecovid-19 pandemic in japantargetfull immunisation of people in japan against covid-19organised byministry of health, labour and welfareparticipants77,098,247 people have received at least one vaccine dose(7 september 2021)61,995,078 have been fully vaccinated (received both vaccine doses, 7 september 2021)outcome81.8% of the japanese population has received their first dose of a two-dose vaccine80.6% has been fully vaccinated58.8% has received a booster shotwebsiteministry of health, labour and welfare yoshihide suga, the prime minister of japan vaccinated with a covid-19 vaccine japan has so far approved pfizer–biontech, moderna and oxford–astrazeneca for use. in early october 2021, data from the government shows that 60.9% of people have had their second dose, while 71.3% have received first shot. today, 79 percent of japanese people have received two doses of a covid-19 vaccine; 20 percent have received a third (booster) dose. background on 14 february 2021, pfizer was approved by the government of japan, and was deployed on 17 february 2021. on 28 may 2021, pfizer was approved by the japanese health ministry panel for adolescents aged between 12 and 15 years. on 21 may 2021, moderna and astrazeneca were approved by the government of japan. vaccines on order vaccine approval deployment doses secured(million) pfizer–biontech 14 february 2021 17 february 2021 194 moderna 21 may 2021 23 may 2021 100 oxford–astrazeneca 21 may 2021 16 august 2021 120 janssen 20 june 2022 no novavax 19 april 2022 26 may 2022 150 note: japan has donated 1.24 million doses of astrazeneca vaccine to taiwan and 1 million doses to vietnam. there are plans to send additional 2 million doses to these countries. japan has also donated 1 million doses each to thailand, malaysia, indonesia and the philippines. japan also donates over 2 million doses of astrazeneca vaccine to iran through covax. vaccines in trial stage vaccine country of origin type (technology) progress ref ag0302-covid‑19anges inc., amed japan dna vaccine (plasmid) phase ii–iii (500)randomized, double-blind, placebo controllednov 2020 – apr 2021, japan s-268019shionogi japan subunit phase i–ii (214)randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group.dec 2020 – jun 2022, japan ds-5670daiichi sankyo japan rna phase i–ii (152)a phase 1/2 study to assess the safety, immunogenicity and recommended dose of ds-5670a (covid-19 vaccine) in japanese healthy adults and elderly subjects.mar 2021 – jul 2022, japan kd-414km biologics co japan inactivated sars‑cov‑2 phase i–ii (210)randomized, double blind, placebo control, parallel group.mar 2021 – dec 2022, japan exg-5003elixirgen therapeutics, fujita health university japan, united states rna phase i–ii (60)first in human, randomized, placebo-controlled.apr 2021 – jan 2023, japan history in april 2021, prime minister suga yoshihide announced that japan will receive 50 million doses of the pfizer vaccine after a meeting with the company's ceo. the roll out of the vaccines in japan, with 4 percent of the population inoculated as of may 21, 2021, has led to criticisms of slow approval, disruptions on import, and the lack of medical professionals. a poll conducted in april showed that more than 60 percent of people were dissatisfied with japan's vaccine rollout, with experts stating that it was too late now to stop the spread of variants with vaccines. on may 21, 2021, several municipal governments in kanagawa prefecture were getting rid of their moderna vaccine stocks as the doses are near their expiry date. on june 5, 2022, around 740,000 moderna doses will be disposed of due to being expired. distribution issues 2020 summer olympics