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A new interview with Jake Adelstein is up on World Policy Institute focusing on the recent yakuza crackdown, but also touching on some interesting recent topics like their popularity in pop culture, and current political ties. What had prevented the government from cracking down on yakuza before? Japan doesn’t have a RICO act. It has [...]

Jake Adelstein interview with 3:AM Magazine

More than just the typical Tokyo Vice Q&A, an interview with Jake was recently posted on 3:AM Magazine covering the yakuza reaction to the book, the crackdown in Kabukicho, and Jake’s literary influences. If I wrote a novel, it would probably only be to thinly disguise a true-story that had too much potential blowback to [...]

Tokyo Vice hits BBC’s Book of the Week

Only weeks after the release of Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan in the United Kingdom, we have been honored to have the book chosen to be featured as BBC Radio 4′s Book of the Week. Narrated by Jack Klaff (with a slightly liberal interpretation of a Japanese English accent), [...]

Upcoming Event: An education on the way of the journalist

For those in the area, the University of New Hampshire will be hosting Jake Adelstein this Thursday, April 28, from 7-9pm. Tokyo Vice: An Education on The Way of the Journalist An evening with Jake Adelstein, investigative journalist and author of Tokyo Vice Thursday, April 29 7-9 p.m Richards Auditorium (Murkland Hall G115) Jake Adelstein [...]

Upcoming event: Tokyo Vice book talk at Temple University

Just a heads up for those in the Tokyo area: Jake Adelstein will be giving a book talk for Tokyo Vice, possibly including the reading of an unpublished chapter, at Temple University on Friday, March 5. The event is organized by Temple’s Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies and is open to the public. Hope to [...]