#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

1:52:15 - HT Gang Stopped & Laws Strengthened

1:56:12 - Leaving State Department, Yakuza Infiltrating Massive Companies, Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

2:02:12 - Jake Doing Favor for Yakuza Member Story, Getting Info from Yakuza

2:10:22 - HBO Series on Yakuza Series & Working w/ J.T. Rodgers, Tokyo Vice

2:18:00 - Hollywood Changes to Series, Bizarre Gun Rules of Japan, Jake’s Books and Stories

2:25:45 - Fukushima Disaster still Happening, Demographic Birthrate disaster in Japan

2:33:31 - The Fall of the Yakuza

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- Host & Producer: Julian Dorey

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Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 262 - Jake Adelstein

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