Jake Adelstein: The Last Yakuza, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Last Yakuza
- A Life in the Japanese Underworld
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- Publisher:
- Little, Brown Book Group, 05/2025
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781472119919
- Item number:
- 11871046
- Volume:
- 416 Pages
- Weight:
- 41 g
- Format:
- 198 x 126 mm
- Thickness:
- 22 mm
- Release date:
- 1.5.2025
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Blurb
'Sacred, ferocious, and businesslike, Adelstein describes the Japanese mafia like nobody else.' Roberto Saviano, on Tokyo Vice
When acclaimed journalist Jake Adelstein hires a former Yakuza boss, known as the 'Tsunami', to be his driver and bodyguard, he soon finds himself swept into the violent heart of Tokyo's organised crime syndicates.
From gambling rackets and ritualised killings, to the forbidden pleasures of 'soapland', Adelstein's unlikely friendship with the 'Tsunami' gains him unprecedented access to the Yakuza - now under threat after years of tacit acceptance from Japanese society. But in a culture that prizes loyalty and honour above all else, how far can they go in their quest for truth about Tokyo's criminal underworld?
A riveting history of the Japanese mafia, featuring an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, The Last Yakuzais an electrifying - but ultimately uplifting - story of one man's life of crime.
Biography
Jake Adelstein war von 1993 bis 2005 Reporter bei der Yomiuri Shimbun, Japans größter Zeitung. Von 2006 bis 2007 war er als Chefermittler an einer von der US-Regierung finanzierten Studie über Menschenhandel in Japan beteiligt. Er gilt als einer der besten Experten für das organisierte Verbrechen in Japan und arbeitet als Autor und Berater in Japan und in den USA. Außerdem ist er Leiter der PR-Abteilung des Polaris Project Japan in Washington, das gegen Menschenhandel und die sexuelle Ausbeutung von Frauen kämpft .
