 Major Japanese airline companies began vaccinating their employees for COVID-19 on Monday, June 14. Japan Airlines say they plan to vaccinate 36,000 staff, while all Nippon Airways A&A plans to vaccinate 46,500 of their staff. Japan's land infrastructure, transport and tourism minister Akaba said that vaccinations for major companies were originally scheduled to start on June 21, but he had specifically requested for airlines to begin as soon as possible. Japan is racing to speed up inoculations before the start of the Tokyo Olympics in July.