Tokyo Vice
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Nonfiction, History, Asian, Japan, Biography & Memoir, Literary, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime
| Author: | Jake Adelstein | ISBN: | 9780307378941 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | October 13, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jake Adelstein |
| ISBN: | 9780307378941 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | October 13, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist.
Jake Adelstein is the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club, where for twelve years he covered the dark side of Japan: extortion, murder, human trafficking, fiscal corruption, and of course, the yakuza. But when his final scoop exposed a scandal that reverberated all the way from the neon soaked streets of Tokyo to the polished Halls of the FBI and resulted in a death threat for him and his family, Adelstein decided to step down. Then, he fought back. In Tokyo Vice he delivers an unprecedented look at Japanese culture and searing memoir about his rise from cub reporter to seasoned journalist with a price on his head.
A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist.
Jake Adelstein is the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club, where for twelve years he covered the dark side of Japan: extortion, murder, human trafficking, fiscal corruption, and of course, the yakuza. But when his final scoop exposed a scandal that reverberated all the way from the neon soaked streets of Tokyo to the polished Halls of the FBI and resulted in a death threat for him and his family, Adelstein decided to step down. Then, he fought back. In Tokyo Vice he delivers an unprecedented look at Japanese culture and searing memoir about his rise from cub reporter to seasoned journalist with a price on his head.
