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. 2023 Jan 11;58(2):135–157. doi: 10.1007/s00535-022-01953-w

Table 2.

Vaccines available in Japan

Routine vaccination
Live attenuated vaccine
 Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG)
 Measles (or measles-rubella combined)
 Rubella
 Varicella rotavirus
Inactivated vaccine
 Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and polio (DPT-IPV)
 Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus (DPT)
 Polio
 Diphtheria-tetanus (DT)
 Japanese encephalitis
 Human influenza type b (Hib)
 Hepatitis B
 Human papilloma virus (2- and 4-valent vaccines)
 Influenza
 Pneumococcus (13- and 23-valent vaccines)
 COVID-19 (mRNA and viral vector vaccines)
Voluntary vaccination
Live attenuated vaccine
 Mumps
 Yellow fever
 Shingles (live attenuated varicella)
Inactivated vaccine
 Tetanus
 Diphtheria
 Hepatitis A
 Meningococcus
 Rabies
 Shingles (recombinant zoster)
 Human papilloma virus (9-valent vaccine)