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Japans Engagement in Africa Katsumi Hirano Chief Senior Researcher Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) Africas shares in Japanese trade Export to Africa 10% 8% 6% Import from Africa 4% Source: Japan Tariff Association

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Japan’s Engagement in Africa

Katsumi Hirano Chief Senior Researcher Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)

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0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Africa’s shares in Japanese trade

Export to Africa

Export to South Africa

Import from Africa

Import from South Africa

Source: Japan Tariff Association

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2 4 6 8 10 12 14 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

Main trade items between Africa and Japan

sustained by automobile industry

Platinum import Automobile export Fuel import

Source: World Trade Atlas

($ billion)

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200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400

Q1 2010 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2011 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2012 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2013 Q2 Q3 Q4

Natural gas Equatorial Guinea Natural gas, Nigeria Crude oil Sudan Crude oil, Gabon

Post 3.11: Expansion of import from Africa

fuel for electricity generation

($ million)

Source: World Trade Atlas

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Machineries’ export to Africa

Japan and China

2 4 6 8 10 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 China: general M China: electrical M China: transport M Japan: general M Japan: electrical M Japan: transport M

Source: World Trade Atlas

($ billion)

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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Cereal import: East Asia and Africa

Japan Africa East Asia

Source: FAOSTAT

(million tons)

Sub-Saharan Africa

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Demographic bonus and onus

Shares of working age population

50% 55% 60% 65% 70% 75% 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

Japan South Korea China

Source: Statistics Japan, KOSIS, National Bureau of Statistics of China, UN

China (UN estimates)

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Our requirements to Africa

Stable resource supplier
Food security in global dimension
These requirements are commonly observed in East

Asia; Japan, China, South Korea

East Asian countries share similarities in economic

thought, aid policy and its priority

Japan will be able to understand well China’s Africa

policy, which seemingly referred to Japan’s economic cooperation policy in Asia

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East Asia’s destiny

Global center of manufacturing, who has the biggest

demand for resources

Region-wide collaboration be most desirable and

productive even in Africa policy

But, East Asia is divided by political confrontation

brought by combative nationalism