Roland Kelts
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Roland Nozomu Kelts is an award-winning Japanese American author, journalist, scholar and editor. He is considered an authority on Japan's contemporary, pop and literary cultures and their unique points of interface with the West. He has been published widely in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, TIME, Newsweek, The Yomiuri, The Japan Times, The New Statesman and many others, and has been interviewed extensively on CNN, the BBC, NPR and NHK.
His acclaimed and bestselling first book, "Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has Invaded the West," has been reissued several times and translated into several languages in Europe and Asia, including Japanese. He has given talks at universities, embassies and conferences worldwide, and has delivered presentations at The World Economic Forum, Harvard University, the University of California at Berkeley and Los Angeles, and for TED Talks in Tokyo. He has also been interviewed in several documentaries about Japanese culture, history and popular media such as anime and manga shown on Netflix, History, Starz and the BBC.
Mr. Kelts remains active as a consultant for organizations in the US, Europe and Asia. He has taught at Harvard University, Columbia University, New York University and the University of Tokyo, and is Visiting Professor in Media, Culture & Society at Waseda University in Tokyo. He is developing two new documentary projects addressing contemporary Japanese pop culture and society.
He divides his time between Tokyo and New York City.
His acclaimed and bestselling first book, "Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has Invaded the West," has been reissued several times and translated into several languages in Europe and Asia, including Japanese. He has given talks at universities, embassies and conferences worldwide, and has delivered presentations at The World Economic Forum, Harvard University, the University of California at Berkeley and Los Angeles, and for TED Talks in Tokyo. He has also been interviewed in several documentaries about Japanese culture, history and popular media such as anime and manga shown on Netflix, History, Starz and the BBC.
Mr. Kelts remains active as a consultant for organizations in the US, Europe and Asia. He has taught at Harvard University, Columbia University, New York University and the University of Tokyo, and is Visiting Professor in Media, Culture & Society at Waseda University in Tokyo. He is developing two new documentary projects addressing contemporary Japanese pop culture and society.
He divides his time between Tokyo and New York City.
