No longer top dog, Japan languishes at fifth place in foreign aid

Tokyo was biggest giver back in the '90s, when China was still a recipient

20210525N Japan aid in Philippines

A Japan Disaster Relief team member moves supplies upon arriving at the destroyed airport after Typhoon Haiyan battered the Philippines in 2013. © Reuters

TAKUYA MIZOROGI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan doled out more foreign aid than other countries in the 1990s but now ranks only fifth, partly on the ending of assistance to China.

Sponsored Content

About Sponsored ContentThis content was commissioned by Nikkei's Global Business Bureau.