Tokyo Vice

★The darkest, gloomiest and most interesting corners of Tokyo... A classic crime documentary of the 20th century ★The organized crime in Japan's lower society shows the modern gang world that even ordinary Japanese people do not understand. ★How does an inexperienced newcomer grow into a front-line investigative reporter with extraordinary courage and a bounty on his head? ★The HBO Max American drama of the same name, written by the author of this book and directed by Michael Mann, will premiere in April 2022 Jack Adelstein graduated from Sophia University in Japan in 1993. From 1993 to 2005, he was a reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest newspaper. From 2006 to 2007, he served as the chief investigator of the Japanese Human Trafficking Research Project supported by the U. S. State Department. Now he works as a writer and consultant in Japan and the United States. He also serves as the public relations director of the Japan Polaris Project, a non-governmental organization headquartered in Washington, D. C., Which is committed to combating human trafficking and the illegal profit-making of women and children's sex trade. After American Jack Adelstein graduated from college in Japan, he applied for a job at the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest newspaper. He became the only American reporter allowed to enter the mysterious Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to report on crime, and he worked there for 12 years. Over the past 12 years, he has worked 80 hours a week, growing from an inexperienced newcomer to a courageous front-line investigative reporter with a bounty on his head. In the process, he has also slowly understood and revealed the unsavory side of Japan's lower society, where extortion, murder, human trafficking and corruption are as common as ramen and sake. But when one of his last scoops leads Japan's notorious yakuza boss to threaten him and his family's lives not to publish it, he decides to fight back publicly by writing a book. "Tokyo Vice" uses a unique perspective and revelatory examination of Japan's colorful underclass society through first-hand information. It not only tells the true story of organized crime in Japan, but also explores the modern gangster world that even Japanese rarely see, indirectly reflecting the intricate and sometimes interdependent relationship between reporters, police, and gangsters. It not only reveals the disgraceful occupations and unbearable life conditions of the people at the bottom, but also shows a fascinating and unprecedented Japanese cultural scene. At the same time, this book is also the notebook of a reporter who struggled all the way, from enthusiasm to helplessness, exhaustion, and finally holding his head carefully. It not only reveals the life scenes of the lower class in Japan, but also presents the real work scenes of journalists engaged in crime reporting.