Comments on: Everything I Ever Needed To Know I Learned From The Yakuza Or The Cops. Entry #02 http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/01/everything-i-ever-needed-to-know-i-learned-from-the-yakuza-or-the-cops-entry-02/ All the intriguing and seedy aspects that keep Japan running. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:27:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jake Adelstein http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/01/everything-i-ever-needed-to-know-i-learned-from-the-yakuza-or-the-cops-entry-02/comment-page-1/#comment-1335 Jake Adelstein Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:58:13 +0000 http://www.japansubculture.com/?p=828#comment-1335 Thank you for writing. I'm hardly a samurai, at best a ronin. With some redeeming qualities. I am honored for the comparison, though. Thank you for writing. I’m hardly a samurai, at best a ronin. With some redeeming qualities. I am honored for the comparison, though.

]]> By: Yas http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/01/everything-i-ever-needed-to-know-i-learned-from-the-yakuza-or-the-cops-entry-02/comment-page-1/#comment-1334 Yas Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:32:14 +0000 http://www.japansubculture.com/?p=828#comment-1334 Hi, Jake. Thanks for writing very valueable book, though I haven't read it. I am gonna order it now. I am Japanese myself and I don't really know about yakuza stuff, for Japanese media don't really cover it. The death of Itami Juzou was bizarre but nobody knows what happened unless reading your account. Japan's society has always lots of secrets, not only for foreigners but Japanese natives. Weird deaths have been reported and investigated by non-mainstream media such as Friday, but never gone far enough for us to understand. I respect you, man, from the bottom of my heart. You are the samurai. We need someone like you. Thanks. Hi, Jake.
Thanks for writing very valueable book, though I haven’t read it. I am gonna order it now.
I am Japanese myself and I don’t really know about yakuza stuff, for Japanese media don’t really cover it. The death of Itami Juzou was bizarre but nobody knows what happened unless reading your account.
Japan’s society has always lots of secrets, not only for foreigners but Japanese natives. Weird deaths have been reported and investigated by non-mainstream media such as Friday, but never gone far enough for us to understand.
I respect you, man, from the bottom of my heart. You are the samurai. We need someone like you.
Thanks.

]]> By: Larry http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/01/everything-i-ever-needed-to-know-i-learned-from-the-yakuza-or-the-cops-entry-02/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Larry Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:45:21 +0000 http://www.japansubculture.com/?p=828#comment-1177 Exceptionally well said. Kudos to you Jake. Exceptionally well said. Kudos to you Jake.

]]> By: Mat Centgraf http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/01/everything-i-ever-needed-to-know-i-learned-from-the-yakuza-or-the-cops-entry-02/comment-page-1/#comment-1122 Mat Centgraf Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:32:33 +0000 http://www.japansubculture.com/?p=828#comment-1122 Jake, I bought your book after seeing your interview on the Daily Show a few months ago and kind of slacked off on reading it. I finally finished it today and the book really has made an impact on me. You are a great writer and I was more than surprised to see how much you put into this website. I wanted more after I was done with the book and for once it is actually available! I am 18 and I have admired Japan my entire life. I have grown up in the Midwest and I have dreamed of moving to Japan. I took quite an interest in Journalism in High School and now in College I am studying Japanese and contemplating studying abroad. Your book has forever changed my once naive point of view of Japan. I still look forward to coming to Japan, but I think that when I arrive I will have a better grip with my surroundings because of your work. The fact that you have sacrificed so much for Journalism may seem shortsighted to some, but I find it understandable. Your accomplishments will never be overlooked and that is not something every Journalist can say. Jake,

I bought your book after seeing your interview on the Daily Show a few months ago and kind of slacked off on reading it. I finally finished it today and the book really has made an impact on me. You are a great writer and I was more than surprised to see how much you put into this website. I wanted more after I was done with the book and for once it is actually available!

I am 18 and I have admired Japan my entire life. I have grown up in the Midwest and I have dreamed of moving to Japan. I took quite an interest in Journalism in High School and now in College I am studying Japanese and contemplating studying abroad. Your book has forever changed my once naive point of view of Japan. I still look forward to coming to Japan, but I think that when I arrive I will have a better grip with my surroundings because of your work. The fact that you have sacrificed so much for Journalism may seem shortsighted to some, but I find it understandable. Your accomplishments will never be overlooked and that is not something every Journalist can say.

]]> By: Jake Adelstein http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/01/everything-i-ever-needed-to-know-i-learned-from-the-yakuza-or-the-cops-entry-02/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 Jake Adelstein Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:24:31 +0000 http://www.japansubculture.com/?p=828#comment-1114 My pleasure. If I keep losing at chess to my daughter, I'm going to have to ask her to teach me her tricks. Then there's hope. My pleasure. If I keep losing at chess to my daughter, I’m going to have to ask her to teach me her tricks. Then there’s hope.

]]> By: wunelle http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/01/everything-i-ever-needed-to-know-i-learned-from-the-yakuza-or-the-cops-entry-02/comment-page-1/#comment-1113 wunelle Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:18:50 +0000 http://www.japansubculture.com/?p=828#comment-1113 Fascinating. It's the law of the jungle, PhD level. I'm grateful for your exposé of a world I'd never know otherwise. Here's hoping you continue to make the right kind of friends, and that you retain a sharp chess game into old age. Thanks for visiting / commenting. Fascinating. It’s the law of the jungle, PhD level.

I’m grateful for your exposé of a world I’d never know otherwise. Here’s hoping you continue to make the right kind of friends, and that you retain a sharp chess game into old age.

Thanks for visiting / commenting.

]]> By: natinthehat http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/01/everything-i-ever-needed-to-know-i-learned-from-the-yakuza-or-the-cops-entry-02/comment-page-1/#comment-1107 natinthehat Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:25:23 +0000 http://www.japansubculture.com/?p=828#comment-1107 everyone's someones lunch everyone’s someones lunch

]]> By: SDB http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/01/everything-i-ever-needed-to-know-i-learned-from-the-yakuza-or-the-cops-entry-02/comment-page-1/#comment-1061 SDB Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:11:45 +0000 http://www.japansubculture.com/?p=828#comment-1061 Jake, Another excellent post. From what you wrote in your book, of course there should be lingering anxiety in your writings on the topic. Those who think they are in a position to judge you should be ready to justify their own lives to you. What I mean is that if you are going to go to the trouble of sharing your story, the good, the bad, and the ugly, to the world, you should be spared the judgment of those who really have missed the point. You have done what you had to do, and also managed to make it out of vice with your integrity, soul, conscience and life intact, if not a bit tested and bruised. That is not a small achievement. Mutually Assured Destruction is a sane proposition when you are dealing with thugs who will not stop unless their own lives are threatened, figuratively or literally. 雨降って地固まる Jake,

Another excellent post. From what you wrote in your book, of course there should be lingering anxiety in your writings on the topic. Those who think they are in a position to judge you should be ready to justify their own lives to you. What I mean is that if you are going to go to the trouble of sharing your story, the good, the bad, and the ugly, to the world, you should be spared the judgment of those who really have missed the point. You have done what you had to do, and also managed to make it out of vice with your integrity, soul, conscience and life intact, if not a bit tested and bruised. That is not a small achievement. Mutually Assured Destruction is a sane proposition when you are dealing with thugs who will not stop unless their own lives are threatened, figuratively or literally.

雨降って地固まる

]]> By: Jake Adelstein http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/01/everything-i-ever-needed-to-know-i-learned-from-the-yakuza-or-the-cops-entry-02/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 Jake Adelstein Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:47:41 +0000 http://www.japansubculture.com/?p=828#comment-1043 sometimes, i have a good night's sleep. i never expected things to be easy but i don't regret most of the choices i've made. and there's a lot of solace in that. sometimes, i have a good night’s sleep. i never expected things to be easy but i don’t regret most of the choices i’ve made. and there’s a lot of solace in that.

]]> By: Jake Adelstein http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/01/everything-i-ever-needed-to-know-i-learned-from-the-yakuza-or-the-cops-entry-02/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 Jake Adelstein Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:45:55 +0000 http://www.japansubculture.com/?p=828#comment-1041 well, it's like playing blackjack at vegas. do it long enough and the house always wins. anxiety is not always bad. it keeps you edge. there's still a way to win the game but it's not easy. well, it’s like playing blackjack at vegas. do it long enough and the house always wins. anxiety is not always bad. it keeps you edge. there’s still a way to win the game but it’s not easy.

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