Although Tokyo is no longer the world’s top aid donor that it once was in the 1990s, it still is one of the leading ODA (official development assistance) donors within the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development.

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Republished with the kind permission of Purnendra Jain, professor in the Department of Asian Studies, University of Adelaide, a former president of the Asian Studies Association of Australia and a Member of the SIA Advisory Board. Original article was published on July 11, 2016 in the Asian Studies Association of Australia.

Original article was published on July 11, 2016 by the Asian Studies Association of Australia