This book examines the evolution of foreign aid policy in Japan and South Korea, analyzing policy rationales …Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Normative Rationale and Policy Concepts in Japan: Human Security and the Free and … -- Chapter 6. Japan and Traditional Donors: Catching up but Staying “Asian” -- Chapter 7. Balancing Universal Value and Economic …

Japan is the leader in volume among DAC donors, but it ranks 19th out of 21 bilateral Members in terms of ODA as a … sectors. Japan is making major efforts to improve its aid programme through an administrative reform, piloting the new …. The DAC encourages these developments and recommends that Japan should: - strengthen staffing and decentralisation …