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Japan Pledges $130 Million for Fair Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (far right) takes part in an online ministerial meeting on the promotion of health services on Thursday. / Pool photo / Kyodo
By Kyodo News 9 October 2020
TOKYO—Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Thursday that Japan would contribute more than US$130 million (166.44 billion) to an international framework to ensure that developing countries have fair access to coronavirus vaccines.
The disbursement to the COVAX Facility is part of roughly $300 million in financial support Japan offered in June to the global vaccine alliance Gavi, which co-leads the facility, for five years from 2021.
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