Health
Japan’s pharmaceutical industry is huge. But it was left behind in race to get vaccines to Japanese citizens. – The Washington Post
The pandemic has exposed the weakness of Japan’s vaccine industry and the deeply ingrained caution of its bureaucracy.
The report, like others issued by scientists around the world warning about a lack of pandemic preparedness, was shelved.
The predictions proved prophetic. Japan now struggles to source coronavirus vaccines from abroad and lags far behind in the quest to develop its own.
Japan is the only nation in the Group of Seven economic powers still waiting to start vaccinations, but it is not alone among wealthy nations. Australia and South Korea are among nations still waiting to start vaccine programs.
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