Vestnik RUDN. International RelationsVestnik RUDN. International RelationsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения2313-06602313-0679федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)3973510.22363/2313-0660-2024-24-2-306-322WZYKOQINTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC COOPERATIONМЕЖДУНАРОДНОЕ АКАДЕМИЧЕСКОЕ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВОResearch ArticleIdentifying Altitudinal Change in Post-Conflict Scenarios and Pathways to Rehabilitation: Case Study of Japanese Students’ Perceptions of Russia and Their Sources of Information in 2021-2022Выявление изменений в постконфликтных сценариях и путях реабилитации: восприятие японскими студентами России и источников информации о ней в 2021-2022 ггhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6337-38706910-2963ZhilinaLarisa V.ЖилинаЛариса Владимировна

PhD (History), Associate Professor, Department of Philology, Translation Studies and Media Communications

кандидат исторических наук, доцент кафедры иностранных языков факультета филологии, переводоведения и медиакоммуникаций

larissa-zhilina@yandex.ruDostoevsky Omsk State UniversityОмский государственный университет им. Ф.М. Достоевского30062024242Russia’s Pivot to the EastРазворот России на Восток30632230062024Copyright ©; 2024, Zhilina L.V.Copyright ©; 2024, Жилина Л.В.Copyright ©; 2024, Zhilina L.2024Zhilina L.V.Жилина Л.В.Zhilina L.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/39735

Recent crises in international relations have created tensions in communication and hindered the achievement of understanding between societies. Under these complicated circumstances, young people are not only objects of public influence but also agenda-setting actors capable of learning and acting on the basis of knowledge about the international situation. This article focuses on how the Japanese students perceive their close neighbor Russia and examines how their views on the image of the neighboring country and its citizens have changed from 2021 to 2022. To examine the changes in perception, within the research project “Student’s representations of neighboring countries: Russia and Japan,” students from four Japanese universities were interviewed (online questionnaire). In the present work the results of the studies are analyzed in order to draw conclusions about the drivers of the change in the public perception of Russia. The author focused on university students for this study because it was assumed that they would eventually become part of the political elite of the country. The tendency for social and political advocacy among the youth was also a contributing factor that supported university students being the group favorably consider for this research. The university student population also provides a higher level of homogeneity among respondents, increasing the internal validity of the findings. Comparing the results of the 2022 survey with the results of the 2021 survey, we can observe some significant changes in the perception of Russia by Japanese youth. First of all, we can observe a shift in perception from the sphere of culture to the sphere of security. The quotes from students throughout this article should be taken into account when looking at the results and analysis. This research also confirms that negative and positive cognitive opinions about a neighboring country can coexist among Japanese youth.

В последнее время сфера межгосударственных отношений переживает кризисные явления, что во многом создает эффект напряженности в общении и достижении понимания на уровне обществ. В такой непростой ситуации молодые люди являются не только объектами воздействия со стороны общества, но в то же время выступают в роли целеполагающих акторов, способных к познанию и действию, основанному на своих знаниях о международной обстановке. В статье основное внимание уделяется тому, как японская молодежь воспринимает страну, ближайшего соседа Японии, Россию, и анализируется изменение взглядов молодых людей на образ соседнего государства и ее граждан в 2021-2022 гг. Чтобы изучить произошедшие изменения в восприятии страны-соседа, в рамках исследовательского проекта «Представления студентов о странах-соседях: Россия и Япония» посредством онлайн-анкетирования были опрошены студенты четырех японских университетов. Для этого исследования автором были выбраны студенты университетов, так как предполагалось, что они, возможно, станут частью политической элиты страны. Тенденция к социальной и политической пропаганде среди молодежи также была фактором, который способствовал выбору студентов университетов в качестве подходящей для этого исследования референтной группы. Кроме того, опрос среди студентов университетов обеспечивает более высокий уровень однородности респондентов, повышая внутреннюю достоверность результатов. Анализируются результаты проведенных исследований с целью выявления факторов, определяющих общественное восприятие России молодыми японцами. Сравнение результатов опросов 2021 и 2022 гг. показало, что в восприятии России японской молодежью произошли некоторые показательные изменения, связанные главным образом со смещением восприятия со сферы культуры в сторону сферы безопасности. Приведенные цитаты студентов позволяют конкретизировать полученные результаты. Исследование также подтверждает, что у японской молодежи могут сосуществовать негативные и позитивные когнитивные мнения о стране-соседе.

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