Japan, the Middle East and the world economy : a note on the oil triangle / Kaoru Sugihara -- Japan and the Middle East : trade, international assistance and international relations / J.A. Allan -- The Japanese trade contact with the Middle East : lessons from the pre-oil period / Hiroshi Shimizu -- The changing structure of oil connections / Tetsuo Hamauzu -- The Iran-Japan petrochemical project : a complex issue / Kazuo Takahashi -- Japan's aid programme and the Middle East / Makoto Mizutani -- Appendix : Japan's aid policy towards the Middle East following the Gulf Crisis -- OECF and the Middle East / Yoshitaro Fuwa -- Appendix : Japan's aid experience with Egypt : a case study -- Japan and the Middle East in the 1970s and early 1980s : a Japanese diplomat's view / Kazuo Chiba -- Japan's relations with Israel / Akifumi Ikda
Summary
Japan is an economic power of global significance; it is also the world's largest single national importer of oil. These two facts alone are sufficient to indicate the significance of Japan's relationship with the Middle East. But in fact, Japan's particularly strong interests in the Middle East extend well beyond oil, and include banking, investment, and an increasing concern with economic assistance. The studies in this book deal with the relevant period of the twentieth century and especially with the rapid transformation of Japan's relationship with the region since 1973. It provides ac
