Pulp! Influences: Jake Adelstein

Today I’ll be writing about American journalist Jake Adelstein, specifically his true-crime book, Tokyo Vice (2009).

Tokyo Vice is Adelstein’s memoirs of working at the Yomiuri Shinbun from 1993-2005. The Yomiuri is a Japanese language newspaper and Adelstein is one of a tiny number of foreigners to have worked within the Japanese press (not on the English language editions) and the only westerner ever admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club.

The book covers his experiences from...