Introduction (Nobuaki Hamaguchi and Danielly Ramos)
Part I: Brazil-Japan Cooperation from Global Perspective
Chapter 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 War
4. First attempts to resume the relationship and the importance of the Asian Crisis
5. Conclusion
Chapter 2 Global Environmental Governance and ODA from Japan to Brazil (Shuichiro Masukata, Cristina Y. A. Inoue, and Nanahira de Rabelo e Sant''Anna)
1. Introduction
2. Multilateral-global dimension/level
3. Japan''s cooperation trajectory and "green" ODA to Brazil
4. Subnational-local: Prodecer in Paracatu and Agroforestry Systems in Tomé-Açu
5. Conclusion Lessons learned from cooperation in environmental sustainability
Chapter 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 Perspective
Chapter 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 Japan
2. Challenges faced by the children
3. Public intervention
4. Formal modeling: Schooling choices and government intervention
5. Conclusions
Chapter 6 Dissemination of Japanese Quality Control in Brazil (Nobuaki Hamaguchi and Silvio Miyazaki)
1. Introduction
2. Japanese TQC transfer to Brazil until the 1980s
3. Japanese-style TQC in Brazil since the 1990s
4. Contemporary cases of TQC in Brazil
5. 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)