Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Raymond Yamamoto: „Japan’s Foreign Assistance: From Economic Cooperation to Military Capacity Building“
After the Second World War, Japan adopted Article 9 in its constitution, which renounced using force in its foreign policy. The use of the military was strictly limited to Japan’s self-defence. Consequently, the country’s foreign assistance became the most important foreign policy tool for restoring relations with neighbouring countries in Asia, on which Japan had...