false 6658129 2 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. <br><br>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 <i>Yomiuri Shinbun</i>. For twelve years of eighty-hour work weeks, 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 <i>yakuza</i> boss–and the threat of death for him and his family—Adelstein decided to step down . . . momentarily. Then, he fought back.<br><br>In <i>Tokyo Vice</i>, Adelstein tells a riveting, often humorous tale of his journey from an inexperienced cub reporter—who made rookie mistakes like getting in 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 <i>yakuza</i> that even few Japanese ever see, <i>Tokyo Vice</i> is a fascination, and an education, from first to last. 6852777 13 10 2009 Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan total:35|5:10|4:17|3:5|2:3|1:0| 35 139 265 15 5 1 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 14:31:58 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 08:19:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 09:30:51 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 07:38:49 -0800 2009 ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 11:23:31 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 08:39:48 -0800 2009 hutzpah to study Japanese and then apply to be a newspaper journalist at the most prestigious newspaper in Japan? He downplays but admits to c...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 28 00:27:17 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 11:05:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 12:58:31 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 09:58:46 -0800 2009 ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 07:02:57 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 07:08:50 -0800 2009
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