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. …

refrained from taking strict measures against countries that maintain strong economic and diplomatic relations with Japan … convenient pretext could be found. All this indicates that policymakers in Japanese government still give priority to Japan …

Japan has various advantages over many other countries in terms of the capacity to further develop the capital … reforms implemented since 1997 under the slogan of Japanese version of “Financial Big Bang”, Japan has not been able to foster … Kingdom have expanded further over the past decade. This paper gives a detailed analysis over the present state of Japan …

In March 2005, riots erupted in South Korea against Japan for claiming sovereignty over some rocky uninhabited islets …