Sociological Study on SDF Deployment in Border Areas

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K02103
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 08010:Sociology-related
• Research Institution: Soai University
• Principal Investigator: Fujitani Tadaaki 相愛大学, 人文学部, 教授 (30368378)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 合意 / 記憶 / 自衛隊 / 国境 / 地域 / 南西諸島

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project clarifies the relationship between the regions and nation through the deployments of Self-Defense Forces facilities in border areas from the theoretical perspectives of social consensus and memory theories and presents the challenges faced by the current situation. However, due to the spread of the new coronavirus, I was forced to refrain from visiting the remote islands of Yonaguni, Ishigaki, Miyakojima, and Taiwan. Although the content has changed significantly, I was able to gain concrete knowledge regarding the relationship between national defense and regional memory on Amami Oshima and the perspective of comparative research on the northern and southern border areas through research in Hokkaido.

Free Research Field

社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

学術的には、防衛という国家事項に関する議論について、記憶論的観点から分析できる可能性が明らかになった。また、北海道での予備調査では、防衛と、屯田兵、北方領土、原住民などの記憶との関係を考察する端緒が開けた。
社会的には、自衛隊配備による地元負担を具体的に明らかにし、自衛隊配備について地元、社会、政府の判断材料になることが期待できる。