Category Archives: Dark Side of the Sun

Homes and hotels during the recession

By Sarah Noorbakhsh | Published: 7 January 2010
The talented Hiroko Tabuchi of the New York Times published an article recently focusing on a group of Japanese people who have been forced out of their homes and into(...)
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Thank You For The Kind Letters About TOKYO VICE (from Jake)

By Jake Adelstein | Published: 2 December 2009
I’ve been heartened by a huge number of letters I’ve received in the last three weeks from people who read the book and were moved by it, inspired by it,(...)
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Be Nice to the Yakuza, Or Else

By Sarah Noorbakhsh | Published: 1 November 2009
Another amusing educational lesson by jake Adelstein for Publishing Perspectives, this time about the vital (literally) rules of being a yakuza reporter! So, you want to become a Gokudokisha 極道記者,(...)
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The Strange World of Yakuza Fan Magazines

By Sarah Noorbakhsh | Published: 31 October 2009
It figures that something like this would be coming, since he is such an avid collector of the things, but Jake has written a detailed rundown of magazines published by(...)
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Ozawa’s Angels — will they kick ass or pour tea?

By Sarah Noorbakhsh | Published: 6 October 2009
A much-talked-about article with a slightly misleading headline about some lucky young ladies who were hand-picked by former DPJ president Ichiro Ozawa and ushered into seats of power. NAGOYA, Japan(...)
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