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I heard about this book from a friend. We're both Japanaphiles and it looked interesting and informative. If you know nothing at all about Japanese culture and lifestyles and are curious, this book may be a bit hardcore to start out with. Every country has its dark side. Crime, prejudices and vices are in every culture. The major differences between countries in in how they deal with and persieve these things. In Tokyo Vice you get to experience through the eyes of a gaijin (foriegner) just how different the Japanese are from those of us from a western European background. In this book Jake shares his experiences with being an American Jew working for a major Japanese newspaper in graphic detail. He writes about how the difference between the two cultures is obvious in everything from daily living (eating, bathing, conversation) to how the reporters get there information from the police and especially in how the Yakuza (Japanses organized crime) are treated and percieved by both the police and the public. The fact that this is a true story makes it even more fascinating. It's mostly fast paced and always informative and denfinitely eye opening.
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Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein
Steven Carl, September 20, 2011
I heard about this book from a friend. We're both Japanaphiles and it looked interesting and informative. If you know nothing at all about Japanese culture and lifestyles and are curious, this book may be a bit hardcore to start out with. Every country has its dark side. Crime, prejudices and vices are in every culture. The major differences between countries in in how they deal with and persieve these things. In Tokyo Vice you get to experience through the eyes of a gaijin (foriegner) just how different the Japanese are from those of us from a western European background. In this book Jake shares his experiences with being an American Jew working for a major Japanese newspaper in graphic detail. He writes about how the difference between the two cultures is obvious in everything from daily living (eating, bathing, conversation) to how the reporters get there information from the police and especially in how the Yakuza (Japanses organized crime) are treated and percieved by both the police and the public. The fact that this is a true story makes it even more fascinating. It's mostly fast paced and always informative and denfinitely eye opening.