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Category Archives: Dark Side of the Sun
Thank You For The Kind Letters About TOKYO VICE (from Jake)
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
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,(...)
The Strange World of Yakuza Fan Magazines
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?
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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Homes and hotels during the recession