2023 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Rethinking Sakhalin, Hokkaido and the Northern Territories: analysis of sub-regional identities and media discourses in Russia, Japan and the disputed islands
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20K12313
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
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Principal Investigator |
BUNTILOV GEORGY 北海道大学, メディア・コミュニケーション研究院, 准教授 (70843449)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | Russia / Japanese news / media analysis / visa-free exchange / Kunashiri / sister cities / Hokkaido / Sakhalin |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In March 2021, a book edited by Principal Investigator and Research Collaborator was published by Hokkaido University. The book contains peer reviewed contributions by international researchers focusing on borderland regions in East Asia and transnational processes that took or are taking place in these regions beyond the contemporary national boundaries. PI's chapter is an analysis of the infrastructure and the visa-free exchange framework on the Kunashiri island.
In December 2021, PI's report on depictions of Russians and Japanese in the news was included in proceedings of the international conference on local ethnography held in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in December 2019.
In December 2022, PI organized an international conference at Hokkaido University dedicated to transnational relations, migration, territorial disputes and local identities in Sakhalin, Hokkaido and the Northern Territories/Southern Kurils during an international crisis. PI presented a comparative analysis of regional exchange and Japan-Russia sister city frameworks in Hokkaido. Research Collaborator presented research on shifting Russo-Japanese border and migration. PI intends to produce an article based on the sister city framework analysis presented at the conference.
In February 2024, PI's past analysis of depictions of Russians and Japanese in the news was included in a monograph published by the Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Information Sciences in Russia. The compendium explores the issues pertaining to the history of Russian emigration to the countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
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