#262 - Inside Japan's DEADLIEST Criminal Enterprise | HBO's Jake Adelstein
December 29, 2024
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Episode 262 · December 29, 2024
#262 - Inside Japan's DEADLIEST Criminal Enterprise | HBO's Jake Adelstein
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(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Jake Adelstein is an American journalist, crime writer, and blogger who has spent most of his career in Japan. He is the author of “Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan,” which inspired the 2022 Max original streaming television series Tokyo Vice, starring Ansel Elgort as Adelstein.
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****TIMESTAMPS****
0:00 - Living in Japan, Shinzo Abe Assassination, Yakuza Boss Mob hit on Nurse
8:14 - Jake’s Obsession w/ Japanese Culture, Moving into Zen Buddhist Temple
18:05 - Japan Assimilation, Jake gets first gig in Japan
23:53 - Who are the Yakuza, Japan’s Class System
31:20 - 1992 Anti-Organized Crime Laws, Yakuza Commits Face Cutting-Crime
36:41 - Japanese Extreme Legal System, Jake Dating Mistress of Yakuza Boss
44:39 - Japanese Cop Helps, #1 Rule for Japanese Yakuza for Journalists, Jake attacked by Yakuza
50:19 - Turning Down his Last Yakuza Boss
54:06 - Corruption Scandal of Yakuza, Pr*stitution Laws, Tr*fficking Protection
59:22 - Police Officer Downloading Corn, Sotry of police protection ending
1:12:55 - Jake gets Police Protection, Bad Liver due to Tattoos, FBI Massive Failure
1:18:38 - Yakuza Boss Scared Japanese Citizens, Jake Finding FBI Angle
1:21:46 - The Story Nobody Will Print, Getting Kicked out of Yakuza
1:27:22 - 2 Faction Split of a Yakuza Gang Story, Yakuza Boss Gives Death Threat to Jake
1:34:11 - Major Leaders Targeting Jake (Death Threats), Getting Photo of Major Boss (Hiding Out)
1:42:26 - Japanese Customs, HT in Japan, Bush Administration Issues