The reinforcement of the Non-governmental organisations’ role in Japan’s ODA program is a challenging task. However, if … the government could help enhancing the transparency of Japan’s foreign aid policy. Under the current system, bureaucrats … dominate the policymaking process so that it is difficult for outsiders to access the information on Japan’s ODA program. …

guidelines is expected to produce a certain effect on Japan’s foreign aid policy. This paper examines Japan’s aid sanctions … policy toward Latin American countries as a case study. Since new ODA guidelines were introduced, Japan implemented three … introduced twice, i.e. in Haiti and Guatemala. The findings indicate that Japan apparently pledges to promote human rights and …

In this paper, Japan’s positive and negative aid sanctions policy toward Asian countries since the introduction of new … aid guidelines will be examined and discussed. Japan can choose to impose negative aid sanctions (the suspension or a … increase in foreign aid) would be applied to aid recipients that conduct desirable polices in the light of Japan’s ODA Charter …

or indirectly to developing countries. Japan’s ODA can be divided into the following four groups: 1) Bilateral Grants, 2 …) Technical Co-operation, 3) Multilateral Aid, and 4) Bilateral Loans. In 2001, Bilateral Grants made up 19.3 percent of Japan …

This paper examines Japan’s foreign aid sanction policy toward China. The Japanese government seems to be reluctant to … take strict measures against China. Only due to strong criticisms from other aid donors did Japan cut aid to China. However …, economic assistance was resumed as soon as Japan found a suitable pretext. What were the rationales for Japan’s policies in the …

During the Cold War, Japan seldom showed an interest in the political conditions in aid recipients. However, after the … Cold War, Japan has been actively imposing negative aid sanctions (the suspension or a decrease in foreign aid) on … applied to aid recipients that conduct desirable polices in the light of Japan’s ODA Charter. Overall, from 1986 to 2002, two …

In Japan, the aid administration system was very complicated. Although there were more than ten government agencies … involved in Japan’s ODA program, the aid administration had been dominated by three ministries and one agency – the Ministry of … ancien régime of Japan’s aid policy, there were three main aid-implementing institutions in Japan. The oldest is Japan …