日本政府开发援助(ODA)一般以双边政府贷款为主,以亚洲东部、东南亚和南亚为重点援助地区。到1987年,日本已成为向环太平洋29个国家和地区提供官方发展援助最多的国家,并几乎都占它们接受政府间援助总额的一半以上。在1987年日本政府直接贷款7000亿日元中,有90%用在亚洲。 Japan’s government development assistance (ODA) is generally dominated by bilateral government loans and focuses on the areas of eastern Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. By 1987 Japan had become the country that provided the largest number of official development assistance to 29 countries and regions in the Pacific Rim and accounted for more than half of all its receiving of intergovernmental assistance. In 1987, 90% of Japan’s direct loans of 700 billion yen were used in Asia.