Nick Kapur

@nick_kapur

Historian of Japan and East Asia. I only tweet extremely interesting things. Author of "Japan at the Crossroads," out now from Harvard University Press.

Joined February 2010

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 28

    Thrilled, honored, and humbled to receive this very generous review of my book "Japan at the Crossroads" from Simon Avenell in the Journal of Japanese Studies!

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  2. Feb 1

    "The Chinese government's pathological secrecy hobbles the authorities’ capacity to respond quickly to epidemics."

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  3. Retweeted

    It's a disastrous day for our democracy. Forgive the long thread. Short version: any candidate who thinks we can just go back to how things were pre-Trump is dangerously deluded.

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  4. Jan 31

    Awesome tool illustrating how microscopically little it costs the rich to buy our democracy

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  5. Jan 31

    While people are busy worrying about the , "more than 19 million Americans have fallen ill with the flu so far this winter, including 180,000 who ended up in the hospital. About 10,000 Americans have died, including more than 60 children."

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  6. Retweeted
    Jan 31

    “Most of the students concerned – among them Chinese, Japanese and Korean – have lived in Rome for several years, Italian newspaper la Repubblica reports. Several are second generation immigrants who have no relationship with their countries of origin.” 🤬

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  7. Jan 31

    This video of the Chinese government using drones to follow people around and yell at them to wear masks and stay inside is utterly Orwellian. It's crazy that they seem so proud of this and want to publicize it on this Twitter account to the English-speaking world.

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  8. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    Thrilled, honored, and humbled to receive this very generous review of my book "Japan at the Crossroads" from Simon Avenell in the Journal of Japanese Studies!

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  9. Jan 30

    Half of Americans spend more money each month than they earn

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    for what we’ve spent on a fighter aircraft that does not work we could have had ten years of universal childcare and preschool.

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  11. Jan 28

    MLB prospect Chu Li-Jen changed his name to his Taiwanese aboriginal name “Giljegiljaw Kungkuan.” “For me, using my tribe name brings a sense of belonging. If I get to play in the MLB, I can introduce the world about the Paiwan people and my heritage.”

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  12. Jan 28

    Or the bright minds at Yale could simply have done what so many other schools did, adding non-western art while slightly reducing the number of western artworks? This smacks of Eurocentric profs taking their ball and going home.

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    I've always loved watching this video, especially given how Kobe Bryant talked about how closely he studied Jordan's game.

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    I hate it when this happens

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  15. Retweeted
    Jan 23

    One of my favorite Japanese expressions it the one used to mean a "last ditch effort." Itachi no saigoppe (鼬の最後っ屁) literally means: "the last fart of a weasel."

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  16. Jan 24

    More than 1,600 scientists quit working for the US government in just the first two years of the Trump administration

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  17. Jan 24

    The average temperature of the human body has fallen by more than 1 degree over the past 150 years since the 98.6-degree standard was established, likely because people 150 years were riddled with low-grade infections.

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  18. Jan 23

    One of my favorite Japanese expressions it the one used to mean a "last ditch effort." Itachi no saigoppe (鼬の最後っ屁) literally means: "the last fart of a weasel."

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  19. Jan 23

    Guy takes a photograph of himself every single day for 20 years

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  20. Jan 23

    Teaching a Modern Japan course this semester. So excited to catch up on some recent research on Japan, including books by , , and !

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