Draft:Aleksander Raevsky (japanologist)

Alexander Evgenievich Raevsky (born 1984) is a Russian Japanese scholar, specialist in the language and culture of Japan, PhD, associate professor at Tohoku University.

Life and career
Born in Moscow in the family of linguist Olga Raevskaya. Graduated from the history department of the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Moscow State University (2006), studied Japanese. Trained in Japan: at Tokai University (2004-2005) and Waseda University (2007-2008). Graduated from graduate school at the Faculty of Psychology of Moscow State University.

Defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of psychological sciences on the topic «Socio-psychological factors of religious terrorism in Japan» (2015).

He taught Japanese and lectured on regional studies at the Faculty of Psychology of Moscow State University (2009–2019). Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Psychology of Language and Teaching Foreign Languages, Faculty of Psychology, Moscow State University (2018-2019). Scientific interests: history and culture of Japan, social psychology, ethnopsychology, psychology of terrorism, psychology of aggression. Specialist in the history of the Aum Shinrikyo sect. Visiting Professor at Tohoku University (2019–2021), associate professor at Tohoku University (from 2021).

Author of a book on the culture and history of Japan ''I understood Japan. From dragons to Pokemon'', published by AST publishing house in 2022. The book describes the main milestones of Japanese history, examines the roots of the phenomenon of manga and anime, as well as classical Japanese cinema, and provides facts about the national cuisine of the Japanese and their tastes.

Lecturer at educational Level One project.

YouTuber, leading channels on Japanese culture, history and psychology (total number of views ― 7 million; total number of subscribers - 50 thousand).

Expert on the culture and history of Japan more than 60 television programs in the project RULES OF LIFE (2014-2019).

Participant in programs about Japanese culture on the Mayak radio station, Radio Russia, TV channel 360, Kommersant FM, NTV channel.