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From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up. At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime ...crime reporting, that is, at the prestigious Yomiuri Shinbun. For twelve years of eighty-hour workweeks, he covered the seedy side of Japan, where extortion, murder, human trafficking, and corruption are as familiar as ramen noodles and sake. But when his final scoop brought him face to face with Japan's most infamous yakuza bossoand the threat of death for him and his familyoAdelstein decided to step down ...momentarily. Then, he fought back. In "Tokyo Vice", Adelstein tells the riveting, often humorous tale of his journey from an inexperienced cub reporterowho made rookie mistakes like getting into a martial-arts battle with a senior editoroto a daring, investigative journalist with a price on his head. With its vivid, visceral descriptions of crime in Japan and an exploration of the world of modern-day yakuza that even few Japanese ever see, "Tokyo Vice" is a deeply thought-provoking book: equal parts cultural expose, true crime, and hard-boiled noir.
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Jake Adelstein war von 1993 bis 2005 Reporter bei der Yomiuri Shimbun, Japans größter Zeitung. Von 2006 bis 2007 war er als Chefermittler an einer von der US-Regierung finanzierten Studie über Menschenhandel in Japan beteiligt. Er gilt als einer der besten Experten für das organisierte Verbrechen in Japan und arbeitet als Autor und Berater in Japan und in den USA. Außerdem ist er Leiter der PR-Abteilung des Polaris Project Japan in Washington, das gegen Menschenhandel und die sexuelle Ausbeutung von Frauen kämpft .
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The best of some truly fine Western books detailing the dark underbelly of Japanese society
5. Dezember 2010
Format:Kindle Edition
Jake Adelstein's is a book unlike any other. Yes, there have been truly fine Western books detailing the dark underbelly of Japanese society. Top of mind for me are Alex Kerr's Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Japan and Michael Zielenziger's Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation (Vintage Departures). These are both superb. I've not read yet Robert Whiting's Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan, but I have no doubt it, too, is excellent reporting. Whiting is the long-time king of American journalists in Japan. Adelstein gracefully acknowledges him here as a great friend and inspiration.
But none of those three is what Adelstein is here: the protagonist in his stories, and, more to the point, someone who has consistently put himself in harm's way in the gathering of these tales. First of all, just getting to where Adelstein gets - police beat reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun - is a world-class feat in itself...that this "Jewish kid from Missouri" could learn the language, wield it in the most street-savvy way, cross cultures and penetrate the most "Japanese only" sectors of society..alone those are head-shaking feats.
Beyond that, Adelstein keeps diving in. Not content to simply observe, Adelstein questions, scratches and digs. What he finds is eye-opening for even the most jaded of readers. It's so explosive, Adelstein is eventually put in a position where he needs to quit his job (to save his skin), retreat to the US and hire bodyguards. But true to his nature, he keeps plugging away. One manifestation of this doggedness: this excellent book. I encourage everyone to read it.
Hey, Hollywood: how about a movie from this book? There's no less then three separate threads in here that I'd pay top dollar to see on screen. Rising Sun and guilty pleasure Black Rain would pale in comparison to what you'd be able to do with Jake Adelstein's tale.
But none of those three is what Adelstein is here: the protagonist in his stories, and, more to the point, someone who has consistently put himself in harm's way in the gathering of these tales. First of all, just getting to where Adelstein gets - police beat reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun - is a world-class feat in itself...that this "Jewish kid from Missouri" could learn the language, wield it in the most street-savvy way, cross cultures and penetrate the most "Japanese only" sectors of society..alone those are head-shaking feats.
Beyond that, Adelstein keeps diving in. Not content to simply observe, Adelstein questions, scratches and digs. What he finds is eye-opening for even the most jaded of readers. It's so explosive, Adelstein is eventually put in a position where he needs to quit his job (to save his skin), retreat to the US and hire bodyguards. But true to his nature, he keeps plugging away. One manifestation of this doggedness: this excellent book. I encourage everyone to read it.
Hey, Hollywood: how about a movie from this book? There's no less then three separate threads in here that I'd pay top dollar to see on screen. Rising Sun and guilty pleasure Black Rain would pale in comparison to what you'd be able to do with Jake Adelstein's tale.
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