Comments on: ‘Tokyo Vice’ author was offered $500,000 to cut liver transplant scoop

By: Uchujin-The Blog| The Tokyo Reporter – Jake Adelstein

Uchujin-The Blog| The Tokyo Reporter – Jake Adelstein — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:33:31 +0000

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By: Yamaguchi-gumi increasing operations prior to release of boss from prison | The Tokyo Reporter - News, Features, and Photos from Tokyo

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:30:17 +0000

[...] gang war in early 2007 and an internal political issue the following year, when it reprimanded Tadamasa Goto, leader of a sub-family organization — the Yamaguchi family, the tabloid believes, is now [...]

By: On the ‘Tokyo Vice’ beat with Jake Adelstein | The Tokyo Reporter - News, Features, and Photos from Tokyo

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:32:07 +0000

[...] reporter Jake Adelstein, a 40-year-old Jewish-American and the author of the recently released memoir “Tokyo [...]

By: Navigating Japan’s nyotaimori netherworld | The Tokyo Reporter - News, Features, and Photos from Tokyo

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:56:43 +0000

[...] Jake Adelstein, author of “Tokyo Vice,” a memoir documenting his 12 years of reporting on crime for the Yomiuri Shimbun, says that nyotaimori has its fans within various organized crime groups but adds that it is generally considered over-the-top for today’s tastes. “It still takes place and it was definitely something that the yakuza liked to do at parties,” he explains, “but as for now, it’s less popular [with gangsters] than before.” [...]

By: nolucknoskill

nolucknoskill — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:42:29 +0000

Hey this guy’s article was also published in Maxim! The one with Audrina Partridge on the cover! Good to know that he’s finally getting the press time that he deserves, because what he did in defiance against the yakuza really made headway in exposing them for what they really are,