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The Japanese View: With Particular Reference to the Shared Cognition Model in Asia

In: A Study of China’s Foreign Aid

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  • Yasutami Shimomura

    (Hosei University)

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This chapter deals with the features of Japan’s development assistance, highlighting the three-point concept of ‘aid, investment and trade synthesis’. As a member of OECD’s Development Assistant Committee (DAC), Japan shares with other DAC member countries certain fundamental features with regard to its aid philosophy, strategy, and practices. In other words, the manner of Japan’s aid-giving is basically in compliance with the international development regime. At the same time, as many studies in the literature point out, Japan’s aid has certain distinct differences that deviate from the mainstream in the international aid community, that is the nexus of DAC and the World Bank. One of the notable differences is the emphasis on the trinity of aid, investment and trade synthesis, and is one of the reasons why we focus on this aspect. In addition, it should be stressed that this strategy is not the linchpin of only Japan’s aid, but that it also plays an important role in China’s foreign aid, as Chapter 6 of this book shows. Moreover, other Asian donors also acknowledge the positive effect of a close linkage between aid, direct investment, and strengthening the export capacity of recipients. This implies that Asian donors, particularly Japan, China and India, share the basic trinity philosophy.

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  • Yasutami Shimomura, 2013. "The Japanese View: With Particular Reference to the Shared Cognition Model in Asia," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Yasutami Shimomura & Hideo Ohashi (ed.), A Study of China’s Foreign Aid, chapter 7, pages 145-168, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-32377-4_8
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137323774_8
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    Cited by:

    1. Soyeun Kim & Muyun Wang & Jin Sato, 2023. "Development Knowledge in the Making: The Case of Japan, South Korea and China," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 23(3), pages 275-293, July.
    2. Muyang Chen, 2021. "China–Japan development finance competition and the revival of mercantilism," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 39(5), pages 811-828, September.
    3. Hosono, Akio, 2017. "Asia-Pacific and Latin America: Dynamics of regional integration and international cooperation," Comercio Internacional 41813, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
    4. Asplund, André, 2015. "Values Vs. Interest: Strategic Use Of Japanese Foreign Aid In Southeast Asia," EIJS Working Paper Series 241, Stockholm School of Economics, The European Institute of Japanese Studies.

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