Since the early 1990s, Japan has played an increasingly important and influential role in Africa. A primary mechanism that has furthered its influence has been

This is the first book to examine in-depth Japan's relations with Africa. Japan's dependence on raw materials from South Africa made it impossible for Tokyo in

This biography of the first foreign-born samurai and his journey from Africa to Japan is “a readable, compassionate account of an extraordinary life” (The W

African American Encounter with Japan and China: Black Internationalism in Asia, 1895-1945

Big Business and Diplomacy An analysis of Japan's policies towards African countries which illustrates the breadth and depth of Japan's official and 'semi-offic