Japan

Japan is imposing sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine, terming Moscow’s moves an unacceptable violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and international law.

Japan on Wednesday said it would expand its travel ban on foreigners entering the nation, preventing those with resident status from 10 African nations including South Africa from entering the country for the time being.

Pfizer Inc has applied for approval from Japan’s health ministry to use COVID-19 vaccines on children aged 5 to 11, it said in a statement released on Wednesday.

Japan will release over 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear station into the sea, the government said on Tuesday.

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the waters off the east coast of Japan’s Honshu island on Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday received the first dose of Pfizer vaccine at a hospital in Tokyo.

Olympic host Japan will not take part in China’s offer to provide vaccines for participants in the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games and next year’s Beijing Winter Games.