Comments on: Washingtonpost.com : This Mob Is Big in Japan http://www.japansubculture.com All the intriguing and seedy aspects that keep Japan running. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:27:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.japansubculture.com/news/washingtonpostcom/comment-page-1/#comment-960 Alex Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:06:26 +0000 http://test.japansubculture.com/?page_id=17#comment-960 The article from The Independent, I mean. The article from The Independent, I mean.

]]> By: Alex http://www.japansubculture.com/news/washingtonpostcom/comment-page-1/#comment-959 Alex Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:05:38 +0000 http://test.japansubculture.com/?page_id=17#comment-959 The article stated that Jim Moynihan "was replaced." My understanding was that he hit the mandatory retirement age. I've met the man, awesome guy, can drink like a tank. The article stated that Jim Moynihan “was replaced.” My understanding was that he hit the mandatory retirement age. I’ve met the man, awesome guy, can drink like a tank.

]]> By: Jake Adelstein http://www.japansubculture.com/news/washingtonpostcom/comment-page-1/#comment-700 Jake Adelstein Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:56:38 +0000 http://test.japansubculture.com/?page_id=17#comment-700 Jim Moynihan is a great guy and the deal he made with Goto Tadamasa (with FBI approval) was a brilliant idea and it yielded some good criminal intelligence. Journalism requires, as a rule, the real names of the people involved and JIm had already left the FBI by the time the Washington Post article was published. I felt that with an increasingly angry Goto Tadamasa making his moves and anxious to keep his back-door deal with the FBI quiet--that Jim might also be in danger. A public target is a lot harder to hit. I have nothing but respect for Jim. It's sad that Goto didn't live up to his end of the deal. In gathering criminal intelligence, sometimes you have to make unsavory deals with unsavory people---a greater good may come out of it. It's always a tough call. Jim Moynihan is a great guy and the deal he made with Goto Tadamasa (with FBI approval) was a brilliant idea and it yielded some good criminal intelligence. Journalism requires, as a rule, the real names of the people involved and JIm had already left the FBI by the time the Washington Post article was published. I felt that with an increasingly angry Goto Tadamasa making his moves and anxious to keep his back-door deal with the FBI quiet–that Jim might also be in danger. A public target is a lot harder to hit. I have nothing but respect for Jim. It’s sad that Goto didn’t live up to his end of the deal. In gathering criminal intelligence, sometimes you have to make unsavory deals with unsavory people—a greater good may come out of it. It’s always a tough call.

]]> By: Atsushi http://www.japansubculture.com/news/washingtonpostcom/comment-page-1/#comment-697 Atsushi Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:21:01 +0000 http://test.japansubculture.com/?page_id=17#comment-697 Why did you write out the name of FBI guy, James Moynihan? Was he a dirty FBI guy? Or, was his deal with Goto so heinous that he needs a media lynching? I would guess this ended his FBI career. Keep up great reporting. Why did you write out the name of FBI guy, James Moynihan? Was he a dirty FBI guy? Or, was his deal with Goto so heinous that he needs a media lynching? I would guess this ended his FBI career.

Keep up great reporting.

]]> By: Amano http://www.japansubculture.com/news/washingtonpostcom/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Amano Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:23:30 +0000 http://test.japansubculture.com/?page_id=17#comment-76 Funny, I never suspected that the Yakuza had such a influence over everything in Japan. The Japanese are playing possum with the Yakuza, they don't have the right tools needed to take them out and never will get the chance to take them out if the government is scared. Oh well. Funny, I never suspected that the Yakuza had such a influence over everything in Japan.

The Japanese are playing possum with the Yakuza, they don’t have the right tools needed to take them out and never will get the chance to take them out if the government is scared.

Oh well.

]]> By: Ally Reinhardt http://www.japansubculture.com/news/washingtonpostcom/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Ally Reinhardt Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:47:28 +0000 http://test.japansubculture.com/?page_id=17#comment-34 I am so impressed, I can't believe what I am reading. This is insane I never knew about half the stuff I just read!!! I am really intersted in this topic, where can I fallow up on the investagation?? I am so impressed, I can’t believe what I am reading. This is insane I never knew about half the stuff I just read!!! I am really intersted in this topic, where can I fallow up on the investagation??

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