The International Development Cooperation of Spain and Japan during the health emergency of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic

The analysis of the role of traditional and emerging donors during the COVID-19 pandemic, without a doubt, allows us to assess the actions implemented during the most critical years of the massive infections of SARS CoV2, in addition to its social and economic effects. In this sense, this article seeks to explore, under an analytical-descriptive approach, the experiences of Spain and Japan, as actors of International Development Cooperation, in the face of this global health emergency. From this perspective, we proceed to identify some of the humanitarian aid initiatives and other cooperation modalities implemented at the regional and bilateral level that, undoubtedly, allow us to explain the convergences of both actors in their contribution to react to the pandemic according to their priorities and principles of their international strategies.