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This article has four points of contention. First, it argues that time is ripe for the Japanese model of ODA (Official Development Assistance) to work in Africa. The recent positive changes seem to be creating an enabling environment in Africa for the Japanese model of ODA—an economic-development oriented ODA that once has contributed to the dynamic development of Asia—to work, at least in some African countries and in some areas. Second, it is contended that despite recent positive changes, Africa is still faced with huge developmental challenges, and Japan is ready to support its African partners especially in agriculture, industry, human resource development and in nurturing political stability and security, while taking advantage of its strengths and traditions. Third, the changes happening in Japan, combined with those happening in Africa, are opening a new era of Afro-Nippon cooperation, which is much more broad-based and encompassing wider areas of cooperation. And fourth, it concludes by arguing that what Japan has been doing and what it intends to do in and for Africa must be taken not in the context of diplomatic rivalry between Japan and other actors but in the context of Japan’s willingness to fulfill its international responsibilities and hence to serve its broad and long-term national interests.
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170246
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As Africa, now widely seen as a continent of vast potential, has come to attract the attention of the world and particularly of many Asian powers, Japan is seen by many observers as grossly lagging behind its Asian peers and even as hardly visible in the landscape. Moreover, when discussing Japan’s engagement in Africa, the media almost always seem to frame the topic only in the context of the rivalry between Japan and China. Against this backdrop, while admitting that such discourse contains more than a grain of truth, this article attempts to provide a different perspective from which to look at the roles Japan has been playing and could play in the future in Africa. The case is premised on the argument that Japan has certain assets which cannot be found in other actors involved in Africa, be they the Western countries, emerging countries, or international organizations. To support the argument, the article discusses the characteristics of Japan’s international development cooperation implemented through its official development assistance programs, business models employed therein, and Japan’s engagement paths with Africa, all of which are somewhat different from other actors and could work to Japan’s advantage.
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