ABOUT one million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured in Japan are expected to arrive in Manila on July 8, the Japanese Embassy in Manila announced on Wednesday.

On June 29, the Embassy of Japan's Chargé d'affaires Nakata Masahiro exchanged notes with Foreign Affairs Secretary Nathaniel Garcia Imperial to formalize the Japanese government's vaccine donation to the Philippines.

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