【Feature 1】Trials of World History: The War in Ukraine 〈The "Ideal" Form of Society and Academia〉 Who benefits from the war? Where is the "Republic of Letters"? Ekaterina Schulmann (Political Scientist), Translated and Commentary by Yuri Nakura 〈Roundtable Discussion〉 What does Putin's Russia dream of? Yoshio Ikeda (University of Tokyo), Tomohiko Ueyama (Hokkaido University), Yukiko Hama (University of Shizuoka) 〈Interview〉 What is this war, and where is it headed? Nobuaki Shiokawa (Emeritus Professor, University of Tokyo) 〈Local Report〉 The people remaining in the town bordering the area occupied by the Russian army Takashi Ozaki (Photographer) 〈What has changed?〉 Germany in the "Turning Point of the Times" Hiroshi Fujino (Kokugakuin University) 〈What is the mission of history?〉 What the ancient city of Lviv in Western Ukraine has seen Mari Nomura (Emeritus Professor, Kanazawa University) 〈A Trial of Imagination〉 "The Invasion of Ukraine" as seen from Poland Tetsu Koyama (Kyoto University) 〈The Meaning of the Hiroshima G7〉 Nevertheless, call for a "ceasefire" Kimiaki Nishitani (Former Specialist Researcher, Embassy of Japan in Ukraine) 〈Putin's Miscalculation〉 The Resisting Language──The Ukrainian Issue and Linguistics Katsuhiko Tanaka (Emeritus Professor, Hitotsubashi University) 〈Questioning "Western Europe"〉 Viewing the world from the "Other Side of Human Rights"──Resisting Double Standards Mari Oka (Kyoto University) 【Feature 2】The Poverty of Childcare──Questioning "Measures to Address the Declining Birthrate of a Different Dimension" 〈Report〉 Why has the "quality of childcare" been lost? Shiori Tabuchi (Asahi Shimbun) 〈Interview〉 There is no "magic bullet" for measures to address the declining birthrate──The meaning of early childhood education from an economic perspective Shintaro Yamaguchi (University of Tokyo) 〈One More Nursery Teacher!〉 Can childcare change society? Tomoko Hiramatsu (Chairperson, Atsuta Welfare Association) 〈From the Private Sector to the Public Sector〉 Thinking about the history of childcare policy in South Korea ──Publicity of childcare and caring democracy Naoko Soma (Yokohama National University), Songhwa Han (Yanbian University)