(2)
Japanese ODA can not only make Japan win the confidence and appreciation from the international communities, but also ensures Japan's own stability and prosperity by promoting Japan's best interests, including the maintenance of world peace and the importation of resources such as energy, food, and other basic materials.

(3)
We should remember that when Japan lay almost in
ruins half a century ago just after the last world war,
foreign aid helped Japan in order to rebuild and lay the
foundations for the present prosperity which Japanese
people enjoy today.