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Human Security and Japanese Strategic Aid

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The Protection and Promotion of Human Security in East Asia

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Of the three East Asian economic power houses, Japan may be seen as first among equals in terms of providing for human security and development in the region. Japan was the first East Asian country to graduate to membership of the OECD and also to join the OECD DAC, leading to unprecedented contributions to international development assistance and regional human security. Not surprisingly, following Japan’s remarkable post-war boom and evolution into an economic powerhouse, other regional economies looked to follow Tokyo’s lead with policies such as Malaysia’s ‘Look East’, and the ‘Learn from Japan’, campaigns of both Laos and Singapore contributing to a perception both within and outside the region of a ‘flying geese’ mode of East Asian capitalism with Japan as the lead goose.

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Howe, B. (2013). Human Security and Japanese Strategic Aid. In: The Protection and Promotion of Human Security in East Asia. Critical Studies of the Asia Pacific Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137293657_9

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