Tokyo Vice
by Jake Adelstein
abridged and produced by Jane Marshall Productions
Read by Jack Klaff
Broadcast Monday 26 to Friday 30 July 2010 (Book of the Week)
160/44; 80 MB; sound quality excellent
Jake Adelstein becomes the first foreign reporter to be admitted to the famed Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club and decides to cover organised crime.
It's not a good idea to get on the wrong side of the Yamagushi-gumi, Japan's largest organised crime group. But after Jake joins Japan's largest daily newspaper as a crime reporter, it isn't long before his investigations earn him some powerful enemies.
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Part 1 - A young American journalist starts work as a crime reporter for Tokyo's biggest newspaper.
Part 2 - Jake Adelstein seeks advice from a legendary crime writer on how to approach his new job on Japan's largest daily newspaper. He quickly realises that life covering the organized crime beat is likely to be anything but straightforward.
Part 3 - Adelstein begins to uncover the history of the Japanese mafia. He is amazed at how they seem to operate in broad daylight, and that their activities affect a broad range of businesses in the modern Japanese economy.
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