Japan intends to issue COVID-19 inoculation certificates this summer to vaccinated residents traveling abroad, hoping to give business travel and other economic activities a boost, Nikkei has learned.
Japan will soon be debuting their own vaccine passport, a move which will add them to the list of countries such as Israel which has already done so earlier in the year. Here in the US the Biden administration has been working on there’s but individual states such as New York, Hawaii, and California have been given the freedom to utilize their own.
The most important important detail I wanted to point out from this Nikkei Asia article however wasn’t just the fact that Japan is now coming out with their own vaccine passport but what it says concerning the need for international cooperation to make this initiative work, “International cooperation will be essential for a vaccine passport program to work. The Group of Seven nations confirmed the need to work together on this issue at a recent meeting of health ministers in the U.K. Nations hope to create a framework for recognizing each other’s vaccine passports, with the World Health Organization playing a central role,” (Nikkei Asia).
This is something I’ve also pointed out in the below articles in the past. As various nations develop their own technology and methods to track who’s been vaccinated, it creates a problem as to how each nation will come together to work with these differing standards.
Due to this, we’ve been seeing a call for efforts to get together to create a set of standards that will work globally. Although this call for a set of global standards as well as some advocating for a global vaccine health pass have been kept separate, could we see these two things come together in the future as a global vaccination pass system?
Ultimately I believe this type of system that’s being worked towards is both laying the groundwork for and conditioning people to be ready for what’s coming down the line – the mark of the beast. From scripture, we’re clearly given the context as to when the mark of the beast will come to ultimate fruition – during the 7 year tribulation. Before the tribulation even starts, the antichrist must first be revealed and confirm a covenant for a “week” (7 years).
Until the “beast” himself shows up on the world stage, there will be no “mark of the beast”. However, as we see technology and ideas that seem to be laying the groundwork for the mark of the beast system, it should show us how close this portion of the bible is to being fulfilled, and even closer, the rapture of the church.
Japan looks to debut vaccine passport this summer
Nikkei Asia: Such so-called vaccine passports are gaining use around the world. The European Union will adopt them in July ahead of lifting restrictions on travel within the bloc.
Some senior Japanese government officials already carry unofficial certificates when they travel to Europe, the U.S. or elsewhere because they increasingly are asked whether they have been vaccinated.
An interagency team led by Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato is discussing an official program for businesspeople and others. Plans call for issuing a paper certificate this summer, followed by a digital version — possibly used through a smartphone app — by the end of the year.
Japan has lagged other developed nations in vaccinations, but now is procuring and distributing more doses made by Pfizer and Moderna. The country has been inoculating residents 65 and older since April, and vaccinations in corporate workplaces will start on June 21.
Vaccine passports are expected to ease the way for businesspeople in different countries to meet in person by reducing the risk for both the traveler and host nation.
“From a businessman’s perspective, it would be ideal if a vaccine passport makes free movement possible,” said Ken Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Foreign Trade Council.
The passports will be issued by local governments that hold information on residents and are responsible for giving the vaccines. Information such as the person’s name, the vaccine manufacturer and the inoculation date will be listed. Japan’s central government is expected to guarantee accuracy by linking the certificates to a national vaccination records system. Read More
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- Japan looks to debut vaccine passport this summer (June 7th, 2021) – Nikkei Asia