David Caprara

Journalist in Japan. CBS News and NHK alum. Past work with Vice News and others

[The Japan Times @japantimes]

Stricter criteria for the business manager visa has left many foreign owners, some of whom have been in Japan for decades, out in the cold and facing a frantic scramble to pack up and leave the country. 👉 https://t.co/SYRDeryrj3

[David Caprara @Caprarad]

An advisory for a potential mega quake has been issued for 182 municipalities in seven prefectures of Northeastern #Japan. This is an advisory and not a forecast, and will remain in effect for a week.

Monitoring for @trtworld

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#Taunami waves of up to 80cm have made landfall in the northeast Tohoku region of #Japan.

Monitoring for @trtworld

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#Tsunami warnings issued for large parts of Hokkaido and Tohoku coastline after 7.4 magnitude quake hits the Northeastern #Japan coast.

Monitoring for @trtworld

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Latest for @trtworld on the effects of the failed peace deal with #Iran on #Japan

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Latest for @trtworld this morning in #Tokyo on market reactions to the ongoing war in #Iran

[David Caprara @Caprarad]

Markets in Asia are feeling the shock of the war in #Iran as confidence that this conflict will end quickly and cleanly wanes. My latest for @trtworld this morning from #Tokyo.

#Japan

[David Caprara @Caprarad]

But would Japan’s public support military assistance in a war like this? Polls indicate otherwise.

[David Caprara @Caprarad]

On the surface this feels like she is using the constitution as an excuse, but there’s an undertone that this constitutional prohibition is a nuisance prohibiting the support Japan would like to be able to provide, potentially bolstering support for constitutional revision….

[Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 @mrjeffu]

Prime Minister Takaichi confidently insisted today that she will explain Japan's legal/constitutional limitations on the use of its Self-Defense Forces to President Trump.
She almost seemed to laugh off the idea that Trump won't understand.

[David Caprara @Caprarad]

“your will soon lose your job to my kind.”

[NHK WORLD News @NHKWORLD_News]

A robot fortune teller has been installed at a temple in Nara Prefecture. It scans a person’s bow and then says whether that person will have fortune or misfortune. It was created by a student at a local school.

[David Caprara @Caprarad]

The mantra of Japan for decades has been that countries should not unilaterally upend the balance of international order, but its greatest ally has done just that and is requesting Japan’s assistance. PM Takeichi will meet with Trump this Thursday in Washington.

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Markets in Asia react to the conflict in Iran. My latest for @trtworld

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Hanging with the @UVA Club of Japan at the @fccjapan in Tokyo.

[David Caprara @Caprarad]

@james_riney “A similar government study in fiscal 2024 put Japan's AI usage experience rate at 26.7 percent -- far below 81.2 percent in China, 68.6 percent in the United States and 59.2 percent in Germany.”

https://t.co/ernVOKV9bg

[David Caprara @Caprarad]

@james_riney Additionally, the view of Japan as an AI technostate slice of the future is off and adoption of AI here is much slower than other countries. A recent poll found that only 20% of internet-using adults in Japan had used AI in the last year.

[David Caprara @Caprarad]

@james_riney So much so that the Japanese government predicts that one in ten people living in Japan will be foreign nationals by 2040 https://t.co/DTpf2JhhQL

[TRT World Now @TRTWorldNow]

Japanese voters head to the polls in an election, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi seeks a fresh mandate. David Caprara has more

[David Caprara @Caprarad]

I spent election day in Japan reporting outside of Japan’s parliament building for @trtworld. Although it shouldn’t be, a bit of a shock to me was that I was the only foreign reporter any time I was there. I’m reminded of the state of media cuts and lack of attention on #Japan.

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Voters in Japan cast their votes tomorrow amidst major shifts in the country taking place. My latest for @trtworld

[TRT World @trtworld]

Donald Trump has endorsed Japan’s Sanae Takaichi ahead of Sunday’s election, as polls point to a strong win for her ruling coalition