Japan and the Developing World
Last updated: October 7, 2008
Published by Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Swords and Ploughshares series
Vol. VII / No. 4 / Summer 1993
Summary
This issue of Swords and Ploughshares collects abbreviated versions of papers presented at a one-day conference on “Japan and the Developing World,” convened by the ACDIS Japan Seminar on April 10, 1993. The conference marked a departure for the Japan Seminar, which, since its inception in 1986, has concentrated almost exclusively on the bilateral relationship between the United States and Japan. By examining Japan’s relationship with countries other than the United States and outside the West, “Japan and the Developing World” sought to provide new perspectives on Japan and on our perception of the post-Cold War world. It was not our intention to deny the importance of the US-Japan relationship, which, as all the participants agreed, mediates Japan’s contacts with the developing world. But Japan is an independent country that exists in a cultural, historical, and political context that is far more complex than any bilateral relationship can encompass or explain. By acknowledging this fact, the conference sought to come to a more comprehensive and predictively valuable appreciation of the factors that determine Japan’s global behavior.Contents
Introduction 
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Japan in a Multilateral Dimension [PDF]
Japanese Interest in Africa: A Historical Overview [PDF]
Japan and Latin America: Prospects for the 1990s [PDF]
Japan and East Asia: Peace and Happiness through Co-prosperity [PDF]