Although we encourage all citizens to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, it is not compulsory or mandatory. Vaccination will be given only with the consent of the person to be vaccinated after the information provided. Please get vaccinated of your own decision, understanding both the effectiveness in preventing infectious diseases and the risk of side effects. No vaccination will be given without consent. Please do not force anyone in your workplace or those who around you to be vaccinated, and do not discriminate against those who have not been vaccinated.
Relevant text:
思想及び良心の自由は、これを侵してはならない。
"Freedom of thought and conscience shall not be violated."
Article 19 of the 1946 Constitution of Japan
And they actually follow it, apparently!
How quaint!
Japan’s got the right idea.