“This report will focus primarily on economic relations between Japan and South Africa since the establishment of full diplomatic links between the two countries in 1992. These relations need to be viewed within the context of relations during the apartheid era, as this period ultimately laid the foundation for and dictated the terms of engagement between the two countries in the period after apartheid. Current relations between Japan and South Africa will be examined at the bilateral level, focusing on Japan’s ODA to South Africa, trade and investment between the two countries, and the potential for the deepening of these relations.”
