Tokyo Vice Tokyo Vice

Tokyo Vice

An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan

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Publisher Description

NOW A MAX ORIGINAL SERIES. A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist who "pulls the curtain back on ... [an] element of Japanese society that few Westerners ever see" (San Francisco Examiner).
 
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.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2009
October 13
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
352
Pages
PUBLISHER
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
7.3
MB

Customer Reviews

Miss.N.Fine ,

Brilliantly written!

What a riveting read. Really enjoyed this in depth look at the underworld in Japan. Living here in Osaka as a foreigner and reading the news everyday, I can only laugh at those reviewers who consider his book a work of fiction. I commend his work that must have been so hard on him and his family, mentally and physically, and I applaud his courage to expose these creatures of the underworld who cause nothing but pain and suffering. One of the best reads in a while. Thank you Jake!

Mandalisd ,

Vice

A wonderful account,with western perspective, of becoming a journalist in Japan as a outsider. Great read. hard to put down,and easy to think about when not reading.

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