Japan Latin America Relations Then and Now - The Japan Model of Economic Engagement: Opportunities for Latin America and The Caribbean
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This report has been prepared by Mikio Kuwayama, Managing Director of the Japan Association of Latin America and the Caribbean (JALAC) and Senior Analyst of JALAC’s Institute for Latin American and the Caribbean Studies (ILAC), for the occasion of the Seminar “Japan-Latin America Relations: Then and Now”, cohosted by the Inter-American Dialogue (IAD), September 16-17, 2015, Washington, D.C., USA.Keywords:
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