Nick Kapur
@nick_kapur
Historian of Japan and East Asia. I only tweet extremely interesting things. Also on bluesky - search for my name.
Great piece on the phenomenon of a majority of Ivy League graduates going into management consulting, finance, or tech, despite their actual skills or interests: "I'm a Student at Harvard. Almost Everyone I Know Wants the Exact Same Type of Job" slate.com/life/2025/07/h…
A major issue in the recent Japanese election was the price of rice. The doubling of the rice price in the past year is especially salient since Japanese ppl have to spend far more of their total consumer spending on food than people in comparable nations:

Japanese analyst: Trump wanted to showcase a major "win" amid dissatisfaction over the Epstein files. Watanabe Tsuneo of Sasakawa Peace Foundation posted: 「President Trump is currently in a difficult position regarding the release of information related to American billionaire…
On top of everything else, Japan's right-wing populist Sanseitō party wants to destroy Japanese anime and manga by turning it into propaganda: "The Ministry of Culture shall ensure that manga, anime, and games are developed in a healthy way as a form of culture, rather than…
Today I learned that the exact same Boeing 727 airplane that was hijacked by Japanese "Red Army" terrorists and flown to North Korea in March 1970 was later used by rock band U2 in their 1997 "PopMart" world tour. 🤯
Trump’s Epstein connections are so bad, they released stuff on Trump’s health for the first time.
Genjipoems.org is such an amazing resource bu.edu/articles/2025/…
Trump knows what's in the Epstein Files, because he was there.
What’s so insane about the Epstein meltdown is that there’s literally a recording where Epstein described Trump as his “closest friend for ten years,” it was released before the election, and for some reason the entire MAGA right decided to pretend it didn’t exist until now?
The Epstein Files are such a Democrat Hoax that the Trump hosted a huge event promoting their release. Trump Admin and MAGA are in disarray.