This work focuses on the procedures, methodologies and business mechanisms of foreign aid that influence the process of policy-making in Tokyo.

Japan is now the biggest donor of Official Development Assistance (ODA) throughout the world. This study takes a new approach to this subject by focusing on the procedures, methodologies and business mechanisms at the implementation level that influence the process of policy-making in Tokyo. It also explores the process of receiving aid, arguing that many of the recipient countries exert considerable influence over the distribution of Japanese foreign aid.