Reddit reviews Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan

If you want a more in depth western account of this scene, read Tokyo Vice.

This will.

Excellent, however, sometimes somewhat depressing bit to read.

Not quite as wild as Yakuza video games, but this will give you some context for the craziness that was going on during a certain dark time in Japan's underground: https://www.amazon.com/Tokyo-Vice-American-Reporter-Police/dp/0307475298

From what I understand, the Yakuza groups are equal parts legitimate and criminal enterprises. They use the criminal enterprises to secure contracts for their legitimate enterprises and their legitimate enterprises to shelter their criminal ones. In terms of violent crime, they are fairly low key, but Yakuza groups are heavily involved in human trafficking, illegal pornography, and insurance scams.

Some have claimed to have switched to completely legit endeavors, but the truth to those claims is often debatable. However, many Yakuza -gumis are still very much involved in criminal activity.

Most of what I know about the Yakuza is from the book Tokyo Vice and similar related media. So My knowledge may be a few years out dated.

I know it's not a documentary but I would highly recommend Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein. Amazing book about vice crime in Tokyo and Yakuza activity in general.

The US has gotten very interested in Yakuza activity in the US in recent years. See also Tokyo Vice which goes into how the FBI fast tracked a liver transplant for a Japanese mob boss in exchange for help on a bust in the US.

Jake Adelstein wrote a book about his experiences with yakuza called Tokyo Vice. It was a fascinating read.

http://www.amazon.com/Tokyo-Vice-American-Reporter-Vintage/dp/0307475298/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1288744028&sr=1-1

Tokyo Vice - Jake Adelstein

Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein

Last Summer I read Jake Adelstein's Tokyo Vice, right after Ronson's Psychopath Test, actually. The two are quite different, not just in subject matter; I found Ronson's neuroses endearing, while Adelstein's subtle narcissism sometimes nagged at me. I would say both are in the same ballpark though, page turner journeys on fascinating subjects, by authors with relatable voices.

I am father fond of Foreign Babes in Beijing by Rachel DeWoskin and I just finished Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein. Both are about foreigners and their observations living and working in China/Japan. It's interesting stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jake_Adelstein&oldid=627123879

OMG, he is coming out with a movie 'Tokyo Vice'. Starring Daniel Radcliffe. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2887954/

He is described as an American reporter, not Jewish.

http://www.amazon.com/Tokyo-Vice-American-Reporter-Vintage/dp/0307475298

How Jewish networking works. Here he is promoted by Jon Stewart Leibowitz. He got Howard Rosenberg at ABC to get the Washington Post to publish his story.

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/1stsxc/jake-adelstein

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742222/

Tokyo Vice

ake 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.

https://www.amazon.com/Tokyo-Vice-American-Reporter-Police/dp/0307475298

If you want to more more about that, i highly recommend the book Tokyo Vice

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https://www.amazon.com/Tokyo-Vice-American-Reporter-Police/dp/0307475298?ie=UTF8&ref_=asap_bc

Read Tokyo Vice It's the story of the only America jounalist to be amitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club. You'll find that the Yakuza and the TMP seem to have a very cozy relationship and that a lot of Japan's famed low crime rates should really should not be trusted.

Also, the Yakuza kill you if you step out of line w/ any of these unspoken rules. Or at the very least, if you have a dispute with a neighbor where they put their fence then you go to the Yakuza (Japanese mafia) to sort it out if you don't have the patience to wait the 1+ year it could take to settle in court . I'm not exaggerating about this latter example, check out out this book for how dominant the Yakuza is in Japanese culture: https://www.amazon.com/Tokyo-Vice-American-Reporter-Police/dp/0307475298