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Covers:  japan, sex work, crime, buddhism, organized crime, japanese subculture, yakuza, injustice, kit-kats, police, corporate malfeasance
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調査報道記者・Tokyo Vice (原作の著者) Investigative journalist, Zen Buddhist Priest, Paladin, Social Justice 🥷 Ninja, Author of #TokyoVice #TokyoNoir 禅僧 @thedailybeast

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Jake Adelstein’s Biography

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I was a reporter for the Yomiuri Shinbun, Japan’s largest newspaper, from 1993 to 2005. From 2006 to 2007 I was the chief investigator for a U.S. State Department-sponsored study of human trafficking in Japan. Considered an experts on organized crime in Japan, I work as a writer and consultant in Japan and the United States. I'm also a board member Washington, D.C. founded Polaris Project Japan, which combats human trafficking and the exploitation of women and children in the sex trade. Tokyo …

Jake Adelstein’s Journalist Portfolio

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Inside Japan's Bitcoin Heist

Inside Japan's Bitcoin Heist

Bitcoin, the virtual currency that has been racing toward acceptance as a genuine currency, had a colossal se…

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The Yakuza Lobby - By Jake Adelstein

The Yakuza Lobby - By Jake Adelstein

TOKYO - Japan's leaders are going on trial this month -- in the court of public opinion, though some of them …

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Kim Jong-Il's Former Sushi Chef Reveals Former Supreme Leader's Favorite Fish

Kim Jong-Il's Former Sushi Chef Reveals Former Supreme Leader's Favorite Fish

The world knows so little about the inner workings of the North Korean regime that the appearance of Kim Jong…

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How Sony Is Turning into a Ghost in Japan and Around the World

How Sony Is Turning into a Ghost in Japan and Around the World

For some people in Japan, Sony is already dead. The only question they have is how did Sony die, or who kille…

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The Death and Legacy of Yakuza Boss "Mr. Gorilla"

The Death and Legacy of Yakuza Boss "Mr. Gorilla"

Yoshinori Watanabe, the previous boss of Japan's largest yakuza group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, passed away this w…

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On Modern Slavery: Thoughts on Human Trafficking : Japan Subculture Research Center

On Modern Slavery: Thoughts on Human Trafficking : Japan Subculture Research Center

On Modern Slavery: Thoughts on Human Trafficking Posted by Michiel Brandt on Saturday, December 8, 2012 · Lea…

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Tokyo Paladin with Jake Adelstein

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On the afternoon of May 12th, in an Osaka High Court Courtroom, Presiding Judge Ogura Tetsuhiro took roughly three minutes to shatter years of police work, shame the Hyogo Prefectural Police and Kobe District Prosecutors’ Office, and let a yakuza boss go free. In Japan—where the conviction rate after criminal indictment is 99%— this was a stunning victory for the boss and his organization, the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest organized crime syndicate.
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Tokyo Paladin with Jake Adelstein

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When a man tells you that they’ve killed someone, you should listen. Especially if you're the police. That’s not what happened. Sometimes, the police are warned BEFORE a murder, and still do nothing. 42-year-old Oyama Kenji (大山賢二) was sleeping on the sidewalk when the Hyogo Prefectural police woke him up. The wanted poster for Oyama It was around 10:20 P.M. on a Saturday night, May 16. Officers asked him what he was doing and he answered frankly.
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Tokyo Paladin with Jake Adelstein

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Discover more from Tokyo Paladin with Jake Adelstein Articles and essays about Japan and the world, plus content from the archives. Over 3,000 subscribers Already have an account? Sign in The Japanese far-right wants you to think Japan didn't have any choice over its constitution. Eight decades without a change in wording says otherwise. There’s a story that Japan’s right-wing and/or uninformed newspaper columnists constantly tell us about the Japanese constitution. You’ve heard it.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I had to determine if the yakuza in Yokohama were shaking down the foreign street merchants working in the area. They were.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, I have. I still have some whiteout in a drawer somewhere.

How is social media changing news?

It allows an individual journalist to crowd source and obtain help from people interested in the subject you're investigating or writing on.