Instead of asking the usual questions about Japanese aid - Why is Japanese aid so different from that of other donors? Is Japanese aid effective? - this collection takes it as axiomatic that Japanese aid actors are now working in a contentious environment affected by changing global norms of aid.

Inescapable Solutions: Japanese Aid and the Construction of Global Development David Leheny and Kay B. Warren Part I: Japanese ODA and Modes of Representation 1. Japan's ODA: Naiatsu and Gaiatsu Carol Lancaster 2. Old Visions and New Actors in Foreign Aid Politics Saori N. Katada Part II: The Changing Contexts for Practicing Japanese Aid 3. Japan's ODA to Vietnam and New Growth Support to Africa Izumi Ohno 4. Japan's ODA to Bolivia Toru Yanagihara 5. Education Aid for Afghanistan Seiji Utsumi Part III: Human Security and the Proliferation of Transnationalisms 6. Japanese Foreign Aid and the Spread of HIV/AIDS to Women in Asia Katya Burns 7. Japanese Lessons and Transnational Forces: ODA and the Environment Derek Hall 8. Promoting Gender Equality in Japanese ODA Yumiko Tanaka Part IV: Inescapable Crises 9. Trafficking in Persons Kay B. Warren 10. Crossing Borders Petrice R. Flowers 11. Remaking Counterterrorism David Leheny Remaking Transnationalisms: Japan and the Solutions to Crises David Leheny