Japan has been criticised for being behind the times when it comes to vaccination.

Vaccine advocates claim that Japan has not kept pace with other developed countries regarding the use of vaccines.

Despite listing 110 infectious diseases in a government registry, Japan offers vaccines for only 22 of those.

Some Japanese health experts disagree, however.

Hiroko Mori, a vaccine researcher, is one of those experts.

He was the former head of the infectious disease division at Japan’s National Institute of Public Health.

He has noted that Japan has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world and has advocated for fewer vaccines, stating that the country’s excellent sanitation and nutrition has boosted children’s health:

“Medicine is supposed to be about healing, but babies who cannot speak are being given unnecessary shots because parents are scared.


Children are losing their ability to heal naturally.


“There are so many people who have suffered side effects.

All we are asking is to establish the right to say ‘no.’

The right to choose should be recognized as a fundamental human right.”

Tetsuo Nakayama, Dean of Kitasato University’s Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, is an expert who supports vaccines, but he, too, acknowledges the risks of vaccination, stating that:

“There is no guarantee that your child will not be that one out of 1,000.

You have to compare the risks between the side effects and what will happen if you are infected with the disease naturally…

Under the existing law, the decision to vaccinate your child or not is basically left up to the parents,
but there is not enough information out there for them to make an informed decision.”

Masako Koga, a former representative of the Consumers Union of Japan, has shared his concerns
about the ulterior motives behind mass vaccination programs:

“Vaccines should only be given to those who need them but that is not happening.

The global industry is being driven by a strategy that promotes VPD [vaccine preventable diseases].

“We must put a stop to it.





From development to circulation to research on side effects, there are a lot of vested interests involved.”

He also summarised what motivates many parents’ decisions not to vaccinate their children:

“There is no knowing who will suffer side effects as a result of vaccination.

[Proponents of vaccination] say the chance of suffering a side effect is 1 in a million.

For parents, however, that one is everything.”.....