Preface -- General Introduction -- Approaches, Theoretical Perspectives. and Assumptions on Relations of Political Economy -- The Bandung Conference (1955): Ideology of Non-Alignment and Pragmatism of Afro-Asian Alliances -- Contextualizing Contemporary Japanese Politics and Japanese Nation-State in the "Caricature" and Reality of Bipolar World since the 1970s -- A Reflection on African Conditions in the Period of the Recent Global Reforms -- International Cooperation between Western Powers and Africa: A Comparative Reflection -- Concept of Peace and the Japanese Economic Development Model -- Foreign Policy toward Africa during and after the Cold War Era: "Pax Nipponica" versus "Pax Africana" -- Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Africa: Old and New Trends -- Japan's Relationship with Africa in Post-Bipolarity: A Reflection on the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TrCAD) -- The Role of Education in the Japanese International Cooperation with Africa: Earlier and Recent Trends -- Conclusion
Summary
Japan-Africa Relations seeks to study the complex nature of the dynamics of power relations between Japan and Africa since the Bandung Conference in 1955, with an emphasis on the period starting from the 1970s up to the present
