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Japanese-Polish aid for refugees from Ukraine: multilevel governance, soft power and international cooperation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35757/STP.2026.54.1.04
Przesłane: 8 października 2025
Opublikowane: 31 marca 2026

Abstrakt

Japan and Poland were among the countries which in 2022 provided financial aid to Ukraine while putting sanctions on Russia, consolidating the alliance of those opposing the aggression. Within days after the Russian assault on Ukraine, Japanese institutions and individual entrepreneurs decided to provide aid to refugees. Poland has become one of the key partners to the Japanese donors in delivering assistance to displaced people. In this paper, we have applied multilevel governance (MLG) theory to analyze the management of international aid flow operated by both governmental and non-governmental actors. High profile examples of cooperation among initiatives for refugees in the first year of the Russo-Ukrainian war were examined, highlighting international networks of civil society partly supported by the state: NGOs, religious charities, small business entities and cultural institutions, and demonstrating a success of MLG in short-term crisis management.

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  • Interviews
  • conducted in Tokyo, Japan:
  • (in chronological order)
  • Interview with Jimbo Ayaka, 8 December 2022
  • Interview with Piotr Suszycki, 26-27 February 2023 (by email)
  • Interview with Wagatsuma Mizuki, 2 June 2023
  • conducted in Warsaw and Krakow, Poland:
  • (in chronological order)
  • Interview with Aleksandra Jarosiewicz, Warsaw, 30 March 2023
  • Interview with Katarzyna Nowak, Krakow, 2 April 2023
  • Interview with Yoshida Yumi, Krakow, 24 April 2023
  • Interview with Agnieszka Pers, Krakow, 11 May 2023
  • Interview with Sakamoto Hikoemon, Warsaw, 11 May 2023
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  • Activity reports and email correspondence obtained through communication with AAR Japan and Sisters of Maria Immaculata (2022-2023) have been used with permission.

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