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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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OTHER JDP EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
– Episode 148 – Shawn Ryan: https://youtu.be/ib4atmvMqlk
– Episode 215 – Mike Ritland: https://youtu.be/RXAEpcybBGs
****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
CREDITS:
– Host & Producer: Julian Dorey
– Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman – https://www.instagram.com/allaman.docyou/
Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 262 – Jake Adelstein
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