Beth Kempton is a Japanologist, cultural coordinator and interpreter for sporting events, and a self-help and life improvement author. Interested in accounting as a child, her involvement with the Tall Ships Races inspired her desire to travel abroad. This led her to study Japanese and interpretation, spending several decades in Japan as a cultural coordinator, television host, and a translation interpreter for multiple international sporting events. In the late 2010s, she began publishing self-help books and general philosophical reflections on Japanese wisdom.