The Japanese government has provided a total of 3 trillion yen in help to China in the form of paid loans, free financial cooperation, and technical cooperation (as of 2018).
The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) stated on October 23, 2018 that the Japanese government hopes that the 40-year "government development assistance" to China will end this year. In the future, Japan will discuss new cooperation methods on an equal footing, establish a "development cooperation dialogue", and seek cooperation by supporting developing countries. The report said that Japan's "Official Development Assistance" (ODA) to China began in 1979, the second year of China's reform and opening up.
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Japan’s aid to China is mainly used in infrastructure such as roads, airports, and power stations, environmental policy and talent training, as well as in areas such as Sino-Japanese friendship. The construction of hospitals and the post-disaster reconstruction of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake have become the backbone of Sino-Japanese relations. Now that China has surpassed Japan and become the world's second largest economic power, more and more Japanese people are questioning this aid.
NHK said that when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits China this time, he plans to discuss with the Chinese side the provision of final free financial support and technical support at the end of this year and no longer continue to provide it. According to reports, in the future, Japan plans to discuss issues such as the supply of infrastructure in third countries with the Chinese government on an equal footing and re-establish a "development cooperation dialogue" to support developing countries.
Global Network-Japanese media: The Japanese government hopes to stop development assistance to the Chinese government and will discuss with China