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Creating a minority: the views of Japanese intellectuals and Japan’s policy towards Ainu in the 18th and 19th centuries
Ch. 6. P. 128–140.
The article traces how the image of the Ainu formed by Japanese intellectuals in 18th and early 19th centuries influenced the formation of Japan’s policy towards this ethnic minority in the Meiji period (1868-1912).
Kazenin K., Sergei Zakharov, Billingsley S., Population, space and place 2026 Vol. 32 No. 2 Article e70241
Russia's Maternal Capital policy initially increased total fertility rates, stimulating much discussion on whether it would result in more births or only earlier births. Effects of that policy upon different ethnic groups within Russia, however, have not received systematic attention. Varying demographic, socioeconomic and cultural characteristics of ethnic groups in Russia provide a unique opportunity ...
Added: May 5, 2026
Shaposhnikov S., Kiselev S., Азия и Африка сегодня 2026 № 4 С. 14–25
This article explores the nature of asymmetric interdependence in Sino-Japanese relations, analyzing trade flows, investment dynamics, technological cooperation, and geopolitical factors shaping bilateral ties. Japan is significantly dependent on China as its largest export market and key manufacturing base, while China remains reliant on Japan for critical technologies, precision equipment, and advanced materials. Both states ...
Added: April 29, 2026
Mozias P., Календарова М. Т., Россия и современный мир 2025 № 4 С. 73–91
Аннотация. В статье проводится комплексное исследование территориального конфликта между Китайской Народной Республикой и Японией в Восточно-Китайском море — спора о принадлежности архипелага Сенкаку (Дяоюйдао). Рассматриваются исторические предпосылки спора, включая последствия китайско-японской войны 1894–1895 гг., политику колониальной экспансии Японии, влияние решений, принятых по итогам Второй мировой войны и в ходе холодной войны. Подробно анализируется развитие конфликта с ...
Added: April 21, 2026
Emelyanova O., Shcherbakov D., Siberian Journal of Life Sciences and Agriculture 2025 Vol. 17 No. 5 P. 562–580
The paper is focused on the agricultural problems in Japan, precisely on the issue of sustainable agriculture. The sector contributes less than 1% to Japan’s GDP (27% comes from the industry and 73% from the service sector), which is a small share like in other developed countries, however the role of agriculture in Japan is ...
Added: March 20, 2026
Klimov A., Russian Japanology Review 2025 Vol. 8 No. 1 P. 5–27
The manuscript Tales of the Northern Barbarians (Hokuidan, 「北夷談」) by Matsuda Denjūrō (松田伝十郎, 1769–1843) is a valuable source on the history of Russian-Japanese relations, the development of the northern territories inhabited by the Ainu conducted by the Japanese, relations between the Ainu and the Japanese, their barter trade. The written source consists of seven notebooks. ...
Added: February 15, 2026
Klimova O., Японские исследования 2025 № 4 С. 5–23
This article presents new sources on the history of the study of Sakhalin, which are stored in state archives and private collections of Japan and are listed in Nihon hokuhen kankei kyūki mokuroku 日本北辺関係旧記目録 (An Annotated Catalog of Japanese Man- uscripts Sources). The author describes materials from 1763 to the first half of the 19th ...
Added: February 14, 2026
Нестерова К. А., Вестник РГГУ. Серия «Политология. История. Международные отношения» 2024 № 5 С. 84–98
The Japanese government has been focusing more and more on the involvement of women in the socio-economic life of the country. Thus female entrepreneurship in Japan is gaining momentum every year. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan and private economic funds note quite effective techniques and interesting innovations of female startups. Despite ...
Added: February 11, 2026
Нестерова К. А., Азия и Африка сегодня 2025 № 4 С. 57–64
There has been a negative phenomenon of significant gender gap in the educational environment, as well as gender-oriented specialties in recent decades in Japan. The article details the history of gender stereotypes in women’s higher education in Japan and their impact on the present day. The cultural and historical context also has a great influence ...
Added: February 11, 2026
Emelyanova O., Shcherbakov D., Восток. Афро-азиатские общества: история и современность 2025 № 5 С. 154–166
After the 1991 crisis, the Japanese economy entered a period of long-term stagnation, the problems of low fertility and population aging worsened in the social sphere, and the usual growth strategy aimed at increasing productivity reached its limit. In a production-oriented society, the economy was calculated based on the cost of physical capital and the ...
Added: February 3, 2026
Shaposhnikov S., В кн.: Восьмая международная конференция «Управление бизнесом в цифровой экономике»: сборник статей конференции, Санкт-Петербург.: СПб.: ИПЦ СПбГУПТД, 2025. С. 109–112.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 99.7 % of companies in Japan and employ 70 %
of the labor force. However, they face staff shortages, financial constraints and difficulty in innovating. Artificial
intelligence (AI), especially generative AI, could be a solution to these problems, but its adoption
in SMEs remains low (5.6 %) compared to developed countries ...
Added: January 12, 2026
Grishina D., European Journal of Korean Studies 2025 Vol. 25 No. 1 P. 97–114
The Treaty of Kanghwa, 1876, was the first in succession of what are known to historians as “unequal treaties” that integrated the state of Chosŏn (Korea) into the global diplomatic and economic processes in the late nineteenth century. Korean historiography has traditionally emphasized the involuntary nature of the treaty, stressing that the Chosŏn government was ...
Added: January 11, 2026
Lukin A. L., Voloshchak V. I., Sevastianov S., Russian Japanology Review 2025 Vol. 8 No. 2 P. 95–121
The article presents a comparative study of the sanctions policy of Japan and the Republic of Korea towards Russia after February 2022 and the assessment of the impact of their sanctions on the development of Russian-Japanese and Russian-South Korean cooperation in the Russian Far East. Based on the results of the study of the economic ties of Russia, ...
Added: January 7, 2026
Shaposhnikov S., Садои Ю., Новосибирский государственный университет, 2025.
В сборнике представлены труды участников VIII Международной научно-практической конференции «Восток-Фокус: Актуальные вопросы изучения истории, международных отношений и культур стран Востока», проходившей 3–4 октября 2025 г. на кафедре востоковедения Гуманитарного института Новосибирского государственного университета. Конференция получила широкий общественный и международный резонанс. Это подтверждает не только география участников из крупных востоковедческих центров России, Азербайджана, Казахстана, Туркменистана и ...
Added: December 8, 2025
Sadoi Y., Shaposhnikov S., Science, Technology and Society 2026 Vol. 31 No. 1 P. 27–47
This article examines how intergenerational succession influences innovation in Japanese family-owned businesses (FOBs), where legacy and renewal coexist within a distinctive cultural and institutional framework. Drawing on 20 case studies across sectors, it demonstrates that succession can serve both as a constraint and a catalyst for innovation, depending on the alignment between successor legitimacy, autonomy, ...
Added: December 8, 2025