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Japan should double foreign aid over the next decade, panel says

Hiroshi Nakanishi (left), head of an experts' panel on the official development assistance charter, hands the panel's proposals to Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi at the Foreign Ministry on Friday. | KYODO

By Keita Nakamura
Kyodo

Dec 9, 2022

Japan should double the budget for its official development assistance over the next decade to help it protect its national interests and contribute more to building a world based on the rule of law, a panel of experts said Friday.

In a set of proposals presented to Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, the government-commissioned panel said Japan should "set a clear deadline for achieving" the target, such as increasing the ODA budget to 0.7% of gross national income (GNI) from the current 0.34% in the next 10 years.

The proposals were made as the country prepares to revise its foreign aid charter next year for the first time since 2015.

Japan should double foreign aid over the next decade, panel says

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