class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide .title[ # .yellow[Ukraine] & .red[Japan]:
Historical & Cultural Parallels ] .subtitle[ ## .light-blue[2022 KUT Seminar:]
.white[“Global Competency Modelling”] ] .author[ ### Kostiantyn Ovsiannikov, Ph.D. ] .institute[ ### .white.bg-green[Kōchi University of Technology] ] .date[ ### 20 December 2022 ] ---
# Japanese-Ukrainian parallels <div class="figure" style="text-align: center"> <img src="assets/img/Kozak_Samurai.jpg" alt="<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ukr.embassy.japan/" style="color:Black;">Image source</a>" width="45%" /> <p class="caption"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ukr.embassy.japan/" style="color:Black;">Image source</a></p> </div> --- # Kobzar vs. Biwa hōshi (琵琶法師) .pull-left[ - instruments: *kobza*, *bandura*, *lira* - first mentioning: 13th century - historical themes <div class="figure" style="text-align: center"> <img src="assets/img/kobzar.jpg" alt="<a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Slastion-Bandurist_Samiylo_Yasnij.jpg/480px-Slastion-Bandurist_Samiylo_Yasnij.jpg" style="color:Black;">Image source</a>" width="46%" /> <p class="caption"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Slastion-Bandurist_Samiylo_Yasnij.jpg/480px-Slastion-Bandurist_Samiylo_Yasnij.jpg" style="color:Black;">Image source</a></p> </div> ] -- .pull-right[ - instruments: *biwa* - first mentioning: 13th century (平家物語, *Heike Monogatari*) - Buddhist monks <div class="figure" style="text-align: center"> <img src="assets/img/biwa.png" alt="<a href="https://ukiyoestock.com/wp-content/uploads/7479052-49.png" style="color:Black;">Image source</a>" width="100%" /> <p class="caption"><a href="https://ukiyoestock.com/wp-content/uploads/7479052-49.png" style="color:Black;">Image source</a></p> </div> ] --- # Cossacks vs. Bushi (武士) .pull-left[ - emerged in 16th century - self-organized; mass troops - light cavalry with pikes and pistols <div class="figure" style="text-align: center"> <img src="assets/img/kozak.jpg" alt="<a href="https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/007/778/547/large/kasia-slupecka-kozak-zaporowski-small.jpg?1509301491" style="color:Black;">Image source</a>" width="45%" /> <p class="caption"><a href="https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/007/778/547/large/kasia-slupecka-kozak-zaporowski-small.jpg?1509301491" style="color:Black;">Image source</a></p> </div> ] -- .pull-right[ - emerged in 12th century (鎌倉時代) - warrior cast; nobility; hereditary - heavily armored cavalry with bows <div class="figure" style="text-align: center"> <img src="assets/img/samurai.jpg" alt="<a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/Y_e_3q4bErg" style="color:Black;">Image source</a>" width="47%" /> <p class="caption"><a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/Y_e_3q4bErg" style="color:Black;">Image source</a></p> </div> ] --- # Taihō Kōki (大鵬幸喜) .pull-left[ <div class="figure" style="text-align: left"> <img src="assets/img/Ivan_Boryshko.jpg" alt="<a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/uk/8/86/Ivan_Boryshko.jpg" style="color:Black;">Image source</a>" width="73%" /> <p class="caption"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/uk/8/86/Ivan_Boryshko.jpg" style="color:Black;">Image source</a></p> </div> ] .pull-right[ - ### Ukrainian name: Ivan Boryshko - ### born on the Sakhalin (樺太廳, Karafuto-chō) to a Japanese mother and a Ukrainian father - ### 1961: became *yokozuna* (横綱) at the age of 21 - ### won 32 tournament championships between 1960 and 1971 ] --- # Far Eastern Ukraine (極東のウクライナ) <ru-blockquote>If you rotate the globe halfway through, you can see that the disaster occurring in Europe is an issue that concerns us. Japan, which confronts Russia, China, and North Korea, can be called 'Ukraine of the Far East' in terms of geopolitics. <br><br> .right[**Tatsuo Yamakawa** .black["Nikkei Business", 2022/3/10]]</ru-blockquote> -- .pull-left[ <div class="figure" style="text-align: left"> <img src="assets/img/Zelenyy_Klyn_1918.png" alt="<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_1918.png" style="color:Black;">画像ソース</a>" width="200%" /> <p class="caption"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_1918.png" style="color:Black;">画像ソース</a></p> </div> ] .pull-right[ - **Green Ukraine**: the land in the Russian Far East area between the Amur River and the Pacific Ocean - **Ukrainian Far East Republic** was designed as an autonomous/independent entity after the 1917 October Revolution - 1926: over 1,000,000 km<sup>2</sup>, Ukrainians making up **41%~47%** of the entire population - today, up to **60%** of the Northern Territories' (北方領土) population have Ukrainian roots ] --- # Chernobyl vs. Fukushima Daiichi .pull-left[ <div class="figure" style="text-align: left"> <img src="assets/img/chernobyl.jpg" alt="<a href="https://millardwestcatalyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/6c532595-chernobyl-season-1-hbo-series-all-cmyk.jpg" style="color:Black;">Image source</a>" width="150%" /> <p class="caption"><a href="https://millardwestcatalyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/6c532595-chernobyl-season-1-hbo-series-all-cmyk.jpg" style="color:Black;">Image source</a></p> </div> ] .pull-right[ - .blue[date]: 1986/04/26
2011/03/11 - .blue[cause]: human error
natural disaster - .blue[radioactivity]: 14,000 PBq (Becquerel) ~ air
780 PBq ~ ocean - .blue[area affected]: 500 km
30 km - .blue[population relocated]: 335,000
154,000 - .blue[population returned]: none
122,00 ] --- # Chernobyl-Fukushima cooperation -- .pull-left[ .black[福島大学環境放射能研究所] (founded in 2013) **
** - ウクライナ・オデッサ国立環境大学(OSENU) - ウクライナ・チェルニーヒウ国立工科大学(ChNUT) - ウクライナ科学アカデミー計算機計算システム研究所(IMMSP) - ウクライナ・国営専門公社エコセンター - ウクライナ国立科学アカデミー 原子力研究所(KINR) - ウクライナ国立生命環境科学大学(NUBiP) .black[Research]: radioactive substances (.blue[strontium-90] and .blue[cesium-137]) + contaminated waters
revamping the .black[Exclusion Zones] ] -- .pull-right[ <div class="figure"> <iframe src="https://www.jica.go.jp/english/news/field/2020/20210310_01.html" width="504" height="400px" data-external="1"></iframe> <p class="caption"><a href="https://www.jica.go.jp/english/news/field/2020/20210310_01.html" style="color:Black;">Source</a></p> </div> ] --- class: middle background-color: yellow # .center[.blue[Ukraine] **Japan** .black[differences]] --- # Ukraine & Japan: Geographic location <div class="figure" style="text-align: center"> <img src="assets/img/Japan_Ukraine_Locator.png" alt="<a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Japan_Ukraine_Locator.png" style="color:Black;">Image source</a>" width="80%" /> <p class="caption"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Japan_Ukraine_Locator.png" style="color:Black;">Image source</a></p> </div> --- # General Information: Ukraine vs. Japan -- .pull-left[ ### .blue[Population]: 44 million people; ### .blue[Territory]: 603,628 `\(km^2\)`; ### .blue[GDP per capita]: $ 3,118; ### .blue[Life expectancy]: 71.6 years ] -- .pull-right[ ### 125.8 million people; ### 377,975 `\(km^2\)`; ### $ 40,113; ### 84.4 years ] --- # Political regimes (Ukraine vs. Japan) .pull-left[ - 1991 Soviet Union collapse (planned economy
capitalism) - companies: long-term
short-term contracts - socialism
democracy - ongoing war with Russia <div class="figure" style="text-align: center"> <img src="assets/img/sovietunion.jpg" alt="<a href="https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-bjk2s-92e9e8" style="color:Black;">Image source</a>" width="90%" /> <p class="caption"><a href="https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-bjk2s-92e9e8" style="color:Black;">Image source</a></p> </div> ] -- .pull-right[ - post 1945: democratic system (LDP domination) - Shūshin koyō (終身雇用)
[partially] performance-based - peaceful relationships with neighbors (however: territorial disputes) <div class="figure" style="text-align: center"> <img src="assets/img/tokyo.jpg" alt="<a href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1542051841857-5f90071e7989?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&dl=jezael-melgoza-alY6_OpdwRQ-unsplash.jpg" style="color:Black;">Image source</a>" width="84%" /> <p class="caption"><a href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1542051841857-5f90071e7989?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&dl=jezael-melgoza-alY6_OpdwRQ-unsplash.jpg" style="color:Black;">Image source</a></p> </div> ] --- background-color: #EE82EE # 🇯🇵 .black[support] .white[✈] 🇺🇦 -- ### 🛡️️ drones, bulletproof vests, helmets, winter battle dress uniform, tents, cameras, hygiene products, emergency rations, binoculars, flashlights, medical equipment... -- ### 🌿 emergency humanitarian assistance of 💲200 million via international organizations (Japan has provided Ukraine 💲1.87 billion in ODA since 2014) -- ### 💰 financial support of 💲600 million -- ### 🛂 visa extensions to any Ukrainians in Japan -- ### 👣 accepting evacuees (more than 2000 people already) -- ### 🛑 economic sanctions against 🇷🇺 --- class: middle background-color: yellow # .center.black[.blue[Ukraine]: turbulent modern history] -- # .center.black[.red[Japan]: stable post-war institutions] -- # .center[
] -- # .center.black[reason: .light-blue[individual property rights'] protection
oldest companies in the world] -- # .center.black[.light-blue[but], peace is not eternal
importance of being prepared for unexpected challenges] --- class: title-slide-final, middle background-size: 200px background-position: 5% 1% # Thank You for Your attention! ## Questions / Suggestions? ### [title-slide picture source](https://www.facebook.com/worldflagsamurai/) ### You can access the presentation & contact me
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