Timeline for February 2021

The Jōban Expressway in Sōma, Fukushima Prefecture, pictured on February 14, 2021, after the previous day’s earthquake caused a landslide. (© Jiji)

Araki Kazuhiro (left), the head of the National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, receives the first COVID-19 vaccination on February 17, 2021. (© Jiji)

Ōsaka Naomi gives a speech after her Australian Open triumph in Melbourne on February 20, 2021. (© AFP/Jiji)