@techreport{oai:ir.ide.go.jp:00037588, author = {Yamagata, Tatsufumi}, month = {May}, note = {application/pdf, IDP000598_001, The Development Cooperation Charter of Japan, which took over the ODA (Official Development Assistance) Charter in February 2015, drives Japan's cooperation towards non-poor countries and non-poverty issues. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) put Japan forward in these directions. As a result, in Japan the focus on global poverty reduction is overshadowed by its national interests and sustainability under the concept of universality, which was a core principle of the SDGs as differentiated from the Millennium Development Goals.}, title = {Sustainable development goals and Japan -- sustainability overshadows poverty reduction}, year = {2016} }