Benjamin Boas

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Benjamin Boas (born 1983[1]) is an American author, translator, and contemporary Japanese culture consultant. He has been appointed as a Cool Japan Ambassador by the Japanese government[2] and as a Tourism Ambassador for Nakano, Tokyo.[3]

Biography

[edit | edit source]

Born in New York, he grew up with a fondness for Japanese games and comic books, which motivated him to study the Japanese language and culture.[1][4][5] After graduating from Brown University, he studied at Kyoto University on a Fulbright scholarship from 2007. He has also held research positions at the University of Tokyo as a Monbukagakusho scholar, at the Osaka University of Commerce, and at the anthropology department at Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus.[6]

In 2015, he published his experiences of learning Japanese culture and language into a manga from Shogakukan. The same year, he was appointed as a Tourism Ambassador by the Nakano Tourism Association, to spread word about Nakano City.[5]

In 2016, after Studio Ghibli commissioned him to write a critical essay on the Japanese government's self-promotion activities,[7] he was appointed as a Cool Japan Ambassador by the Japanese Cabinet Office as part of their Cool Japan initiative.[2] In this role, he regularly appears in programs on Japan's public broadcaster NHK, such as Tokyo Eye 2020[8] and Journeys in Japan.[9] While spreading the appeal of contemporary Japan through these activities, he also writes critically about how the country could improve its efforts,[10] and has been quoted in news articles for his views of the Cool Japan strategy.[11] He is a frequent speaker at universities and institutions in Japan and the United States.[12][13][14]

Boas holds a 2nd-degree black belt and instructor certification for aikido from Yoshinkan.[6] He also represents the United States in international competitions of mahjong and took third place in the 2007 Open European Mahjong Championship[15][16] and second place in the 2008 European Riichi Championship.[4][17]

Bibliography

[edit | edit source]

Books

[edit | edit source]
  • Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Articles

[edit | edit source]
  • Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Documentaries

[edit | edit source]
  • Journeys in Japan (NHK WORLD)
    • "Yanai: Old Town of Goldfish Lanterns"[18]
  • TOKYO EYE 2020 (NHK WORLD)
    • Jul. 2017 "Countdown to 2020: Enhancing Tourism with Technology"
    • Sep. 2017 "Nakano: A Subculture Paradise"
    • Jun. 2018 "A Martial Arts Tour of Tokyo"
    • Jan. 2019 "Exploring Tokyo Underground"

Translations

[edit | edit source]
  • Battleship Island Building No. 30, Between Dreams and Reality by Takahashi Masatsugu. Daiwa Shobo
  • Dance Time (2016), directed by Mariko Nonaka[19]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  8. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  9. ^ Benjamin Boas at IMDb
  10. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  11. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  12. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  13. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  14. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  15. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  16. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  17. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  18. ^ Yanai: Old Town of Goldfish Lanterns at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  19. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
[edit | edit source]

Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Retrieved from "http://70.231.62.181/index.php?title=Benjamin_Boas&oldid=24543202"