US advisory on Japan highlights risk of protracted COVID fight

Inoculating 50% of population could take till year end in Japan

20210526 Psaki and vaccine

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, left, speaks to the media on May 25. A man receives a jab in Tokyo on May 24. (Source photos by Reuters and Koji Uema)

MITSURU OBE and AKANE OKUTSU, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- The U.S. warning against travel to Japan on Monday showed that the Asian country still is lagging far behind other major economies in COVID-19 vaccinations and that it should quickly ramp up its inoculation drive.

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