Brazil—Japan Cooperation: From Complementarity to Shared Value

Introduction (Nobuaki Hamaguchi and Danielly Ramos) Part I: Brazil-Japan Cooperation from Global PerspectiveChapter 1 Brazil - Japan Relationship: A Partnership? (Henrique Altemani de Oliveira and Antonio Carlos Lessa)1. Introduction 2. From an economic standpoint to a political perspective: basis for a strategic partnership?3. Phases of the bilateral relationship during the Cold War4. First attempts to resume the relationship and the importance of the Asian Crisis5. ConclusionChapter 2 Global Environmental Governance and ODA from Japan to Brazil (Shuichiro Masukata, Cristina Y. A. Inoue, and Nanahira de Rabelo e Sant''Anna)1. Introduction2. Multilateral-global dimension/level3. Japan''s cooperation trajectory and "green" ODA to Brazil4. Subnational-local: Prodecer in Paracatu and Agroforestry Systems in Tomé-Açu5. Conclusion Lessons learned from cooperation in environmental sustainabilityChapter 3 Global Health (Rodrigo Pires de Campos and Saori Kawai) Contents to be added Chapter 4 Trilateral Cooperation for Infrastructure (Akiko Koyasu and Danielly Ramos) Contents to be added Part II: Brazil-Japan Cooperation from Bilateral PerspectiveChapter 5 Brazilian Workers in Japan and Public Policies for Promoting their Social Integration with a Focus on Basic Education to the Children (Mauricio Bugarin and Keiichi Yamazaki)1. Recent trends of the Brazilian workers and their families in Japan2. Challenges faced by the children3. Public intervention4. Formal modeling: Schooling choices and government intervention5. ConclusionsChapter 6 Dissemination of Japanese Quality Control in Brazil (Nobuaki Hamaguchi and Silvio Miyazaki)1. Introduction2. Japanese TQC transfer to Brazil until the 1980s3. Japanese-style TQC in Brazil since the 1990s4. Contemporary cases of TQC in Brazil5. Final remarks: TQC in Japan-Brazil relation in the next stage Conclusion: Structuring Brazil-Japan Cooperation from Complementarity to Shared Value (Nobuaki Hamaguchi and Danielly Ramos)