Akio Yaita apologized for his failure to influence the Japanese government’s high-end policy as a Japanese media reporter stationed in Taiwan. He said that there is no data to prove that high-end communication is more dangerous, and pointed out that the Japanese government has done something wrong in this regard. Photo: Taken from Yaita Akio’s Facebook page (file photo)
Japan will loosen its borders and open up free travel in October. However, because high-end vaccines are not included in the approved vaccines, people who use the vaccines have to pay at least 3,500 yuan for PCR testing, which has recently caused a lot of controversy. In this regard, Akio Yaita, director of the Taipei branch of Japan’s Sankei Shimbun, apologized for his failure to influence the Japanese government’s high-end policy as a Japanese media reporter stationed in Taiwan. The government has done something wrong in this regard, and has accused some people in Taiwan of criticizing for criticism recently.
Akio Yaita returned to Japan today following two and a half years. He said that because he had administered 3 doses of high-end vaccines, he had done a PCR before departure, costing NT$3,500.
He expressed his apologies for this, “As a reporter from a major Japanese media stationed in Taiwan, although I have written many reports regarding Taiwan’s independent development of vaccines, it has not been able to influence the Japanese government’s policy. High-end vaccines have not been recognized so far. I feel a certain responsibility.”
Akio Yaita pointed out that there is no data to prove that high-end people are more dangerous to spread, and believes that the Japanese government has done something wrong. He accused some Taiwanese media of demonizing high-end vaccines, so that Japanese officials in charge were not able to reassure their concerns.
Yaita said that compared with the tens of billions of funds provided by the governments of other countries, the Taiwanese government only provides a few hundred million Taiwan dollars for the high-end, which cannot even keep up with the fractions of other countries. “But so far, they have been boycotted by the opposition parties as the most powerful weapon to attack the ruling party. If one day, Taiwan’s domestic vaccine manufacturers go bankrupt, these people will definitely celebrate with each other. However, this is for Taiwan. Is it really a good thing?”.
He pointed out that he spent NT$3,500 for PCR tests, just to support Taiwan’s medical cause, and he did not regret it, and promised to continue to call on the Japanese government to recognize high-end vaccines at an early date. At the same time, I also hope that Taiwan will consider reducing the cost of PCR inspections to reduce the cost burden of young people when they go to Japan. “After all, there were some young people last year who had no choice but to play high-end.”
