Category Archives: On the Record

Welcome!

By Sarah Noorbakhsh | Published: 1 November 2009
Hello to all the viewers of 60 Minutes or the readers of the Washington Post who have stopped by after seeing the program and/or reading the article. We’d like to(...)
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Child pornography pulling profits?

By Sarah Noorbakhsh | Published: 20 October 2009
“How can you crack down on child pornography in this country when it is not a crime to be posses it?” “When you are looking at child pornography, you are(...)
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Economics 101: The Yakuza Barometer

By Sarah Noorbakhsh | Published: 7 October 2009
A look at why the yakuza hitting the books is a sure-fire sign that the economy is hitting rock bottom, by Bloomberg’s William Pesek, with added flavor from Jake Adelstein.(...)
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Tokyo Vice: Interview with Jake Adelstein

By Jake Adelstein | Published: 30 September 2009
Read an exciting (sort of) interview with the author and chief editor of the web-site,  Jake Adelstein. I’ve been working on this thing now for almost three years and its(...)
Also posted in Dark Side of the Sun, Tokyo Vice, Yakuza | 39 Comments

Hosts and Hostesses: Some thoughts on Hiroko Tabuchi’s great article

By Jake Adelstein | Published: 15 August 2009
Tabuchi-san wrote an interesting piece about the resurgent popularity of hostess jobs in Japan in the New York Times last week. I contributed a commentary to the debate blog about(...)
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