The town that took on the yakuza, from The Independent

  Grassroots anti-mafia organization? It hardly seems possible, but that’s Japan for you. Read The Independent Article on The Town that Took on the Yakuza from the September 9th online issue.   Japan’s mafia seemed untouchable – until a group of residents risked everything to launch a court fight to drive the gangsters out. By David McNeill in Kurume City Read More  Read More

Tokyo Vice featured in South China Post Sunday Book Section

  The stories Jake Adelstein wrote as a crime reporter for a Japanese newspaper have earned him and his family a death threat from one of the country’s most notorious and influential yakuza. Writing a book about crime and criminal culture in Japan is likely to have further enraged the Tokyo uderworld. Adelstein never planned it this way.   Read More  Read More

Tokyo Vice Featured on Australian ABC Radio International’s “The Media Report”

Jake Adelstein was featured on The Media Report on June 5, 2008. The audio download and transcript are available from abc.net.au Read More  Read More