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 boss
- and the threat of death for him and his family - Adelstein
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 reporter -
who made rookie mistakes like getting into a martial-arts battle
with a senior editor - to 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.
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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