The Last Yakuza
life and death in the Japanese underworld
$36.00
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2023
Summary
The Last Yakuza tells the history of the yakuza like it’s never been told before.
Makoto Saigo is half-American and half-Japanese in small-town Japan with a set of talents limited to playing guitar and picking fights. With rock stardom off the table, he turns toward the only place where you can start from the bottom and move up through sheer merit, loyalty, and brute force - the yakuza.
Saigo, nicknamed Tsunami, quickly realises that even within the organisation, opinions are …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925106817 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925106810 |
| Author: | Jake Adelstein |
| Publisher: | Scribe Publications |
| Imprint: | Scribe Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 549g |
| Dimensions: | 237mm x 156mm x 44mm |
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About The Author
Jake Adelstein
Jake Adelstein was a reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest newspaper, from 1993 to 2005, and from 2006 to 2007 was the chief investigator for a US State Department-sponsored study of human trafficking in Japan. He is also the public relations director for the Washington, D.C.-based Polaris Project Japan, which combats human trafficking and the exploitation of women and children in the sex trade. Adelstein has written for The Daily Beast/Newsweek, The Independent, and The Guardian, and is a regular contributor to The Atlantic Wire. He has appeared on CNN, NPR, the BBC, and other media outlets as a commentator on yakuza-related news and Japan’s nuclear industry giant, TEPCO.
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