Japan, the Middle East and the world economy : a note on the oil triangle / Kaoru Sugihara -- Japan and the Middle East : trade, international assistance and international relations / J.A. Allan -- The Japanese trade contact with the Middle East : lessons from the pre-oil period / Hiroshi Shimizu -- The changing structure of oil connections / Tetsuo Hamauzu -- The Iran-Japan petrochemical project : a complex issue / Kazuo Takahashi -- Japan's aid programme and the Middle East / Makoto Mizutani -- Appendix : Japan's aid policy towards the Middle East following the Gulf Crisis -- OECF and the Middle East / Yoshitaro Fuwa -- Appendix : Japan's aid experience with Egypt : a case study -- Japan and the Middle East in the 1970s and early 1980s : a Japanese diplomat's view / Kazuo Chiba -- Japan's relations with Israel / Akifumi Ikda.