Faculty

Visiting Research Scholars

Nissim OTMAZGIN
Specialized Field(s)	Japan's cultural diplomacy and soft power, Japan-Southeast Asian relations, popular culture and regionalization in Asia.
Current Research Themes	Geopolitics and Soft Power: Japan's Cultural Diplomacy in Southeast Asia
Keywords for Research	Soft Power, Cultural Diplomacy, Regionalism, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Media Industry, Media Policy, Fandom studies, political economy of culture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissim_Otmazgin

1997	B. A., East Asian Studies and Political Science, Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2001	Ph. D, Southeast Asian Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University

2008	Associate Proffesor, Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2026	Visiting Research Scholar, International Research Center for Japanese Studies

2007	Ph. D in Area Studies, Kyoto University

Books

・ From Colonial Power to Regional Leader: Japan-Southeast Asian Relations in the post-War (in Hebrew), Karmel Publishing, Jerusalem, 100 pages, 2026
・ Regionalizing Culture: The Political Economy of Japanese Popular Culture in Asia, University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu, 230 pages, 2013

Co-authored Books

・ (co-author)Michal Daliot-Bul and Nissim Otmazgin, The Anime Boom in the US: Lessons for Global Creative Industries. Harvard University Asia Center Press, Harvard University Asia Center Press, 2017

Articles

・ A Taiwanese Soft Power? Contested Visions of Democracy and Culture, International Journal of Taiwan Studies Vol. 6, Issue 2, Brill, Leiden, 2023, pp.241-260
・ Hallyu Across the Asian Continent: Building Silk Roads through Popular Culture, Situations Vol. 16, No. 1, Yonsei University, Seoul, 2023, pp.113-131
・ An East Asian Public Diplomacy? Lessons from Japan, South Korea, and China, Asian Perspective Vol. 45, No. 3, 2021, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2021, pp.621-644
・ State Intervention Does Not Support the Development of the Media Sector: Lessons from Korea and Japan, Global Policy Vol. 11, June, Durham University, Durham, 2020, pp.40-45
・ A New Cultural Geography of East and Southeast Asia: Imagining A 'Region' through Popular Culture, Japan Focus: The Asia-Pacific Journal Vol. 14, Issue 7, No. 5, Cambridge Core, 2016, pp.1-12

Co-authored Articles

・（co-author）Irina Lyan and Nissim Otmazgin, Fandom Makes the World Go Round: Institutional Entrepreneurship and Cultural Translation among Hallyu Fans, Pacific Affairs Vol. 98, No. 4, University of British Columbia, Vancuver, 2025, pp.781-800
・（co-author）Nissim Otmazgin and Irina Lyan, Fan Entrepreneurship: Fandom, Agency, and the Marketing of Hallyu in Israel, Kritika Kultura Issue 32, Ateneo De Manila University, Manila, 2018, pp.288-307

Other Publications