The decision came as Moderna filed for approval of its Covid-19 vaccine in Japan, becoming the third major drug firm to do so

Terumi Kamisawa, left, president of Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Center Komagome Hospital receives a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the hospital in Tokyo Friday, March 5, 2021. Japan's government will extend a state of emergency in the Tokyo region for another two weeks because its medical systems are still strained by COVID-19 patients, the minister in charge of virus response said Friday

Japan to extend virus state of emergency in Tokyo area

Makoto also announced his country's assistance to the security sector in B&H, i.e. the strengthening of the Border Police

Minister Turković thanked Japan and the Japanese Government for today's valuable donation, emphasizing the strong and friendly ties between the two countries

Government of Japan provides 100 million yen to equip medical facilities in B&H

She has competed in seven Olympics

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee, speaks during the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board meeting, in Tokyo, Japan February 18, 2021.

Former Olympic athlete Hashimoto chosen as head of Tokyo 2020 organisers

They plan to initially give Pfizer-BioNTech shots to 40,000 healthcare workers

Japan is battling a much more limited outbreak compared with hard-hit countries such as the United States and Britain

Japan starts vaccinations as new coronavirus cases, deaths drop worldwide

Japan is yet to approve any inoculations with less than six months before the Tokyo Olympics

UK drugmaker AstraZeneca has agreed to provide 120 million shots of its coronavirus vaccine to Japan

AstraZeneca files vaccine for approval in Japan

In December, Tokyo 2020 chiefs unveiled a 53-page anti-virus rulebook that they say will allow the Games to be held safely even without a vaccine

Suga's strident tone echoed that of Tokyo Olympics organisers and the IOC, who insist the Games will go ahead this summer

Japan PM says Olympics will unite world in hope

Games scheduled in Tokyo from July 23 to Aug. 8

In this photo illustration taken in Ankara, Turkey on December 30, 2020 a vaccine syringe with a drop on the needle's end is seen in front of a computer screen showing the flag of International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Japan to extend virus state of emergency in Tokyo area

Government of Japan provides 100 million yen to equip medical facilities in B&H

Former Olympic athlete Hashimoto chosen as head of Tokyo 2020 organisers

Japan starts vaccinations as new coronavirus cases, deaths drop worldwide

AstraZeneca files vaccine for approval in Japan

Japan PM says Olympics will unite world in hope

IOC suggests vaccination for athletes ahead of Olympics

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Japan to extend virus state of emergency in Tokyo area

Government of Japan provides 100 million yen to equip medical facilities in B&H

Former Olympic athlete Hashimoto chosen as head of Tokyo 2020 organisers

Japan starts vaccinations as new coronavirus cases, deaths drop worldwide

AstraZeneca files vaccine for approval in Japan

Japan PM says Olympics will unite world in hope

IOC suggests vaccination for athletes ahead of Olympics