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Japanese Health Minister Norihisa Tamura speaks to reporters after a panel of his ministry greenlit the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. to become the first approved for use in Japan, in Tokyo Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Japan on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021 formally approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and said it would start nationwide inoculations within days, but months behind the U.S. and many other countries. Japan’s health ministry said it had approved the vaccine co-developed and supplied by Pfizer Inc. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese Health Minister Norihisa Tamura speaks to reporters after a panel of his ministry greenlit the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. to become the first approved for use in Japan, in Tokyo Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Japan on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021 formally approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and said it would start nationwide inoculations within days, but months behind the U.S. and many other countries. Japan’s health ministry said it had approved the vaccine co-developed and supplied by Pfizer Inc. (Kyodo News via AP)

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