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Download or read book Yakuza written by David E. Kaplan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-02 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating study of how criminal enterprise can infect the very heart of modern capitalism. Here is the backstage world of political influence and organized crime in the world's second largest economy... by far the most detailed and even-handed study of this important and neglected subject."—John W. Dower, author of Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II Reviews of original edition: "A superb study of Japan's underworld that is both entertaining and revealing. The authors miss none of the color and curious detail of the yakuza style, but at the same time go far beyond surface observations."—Far Eastern Economic Review "The book is laden with fascinating information, some of it heretofore unavailable in English."—Washington Post "Blend the Mafia with the Masons. Let them simmer a while, then fold in the Ku Klux Klan and you'll have the yakuza…. Important and timely…Yakuza will serve for years as the source document on Japanese organized crime."—San Jose Mercury News "State-of-the-art investigative reporting…must reading for those who consider themselves already highly conversant with yakuza activities…disturbing."—Journal of Asian Studies
Book Synopsis The Japanese Mafia by : Peter B. E. Hill
Download or read book The Japanese Mafia written by Peter B. E. Hill and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2003 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Japanese mafia - known collectively as yakuza - has had an extensive influence on Japanese society over the past fifty years. Based on extensive interviews with criminals, police officers, lawyers, journalists, and academics, this is the first academic analysis in English of Japan's criminal syndicates. Peter Hill argues that the essential characteristic of Japan's criminal syndicates is their provision of protection to consumers in Japan's under- and upper-worlds. In this respect they are analogous to the Sicilian Mafia, and the mafias of Russia, Hong Kong and the United States. Although the yakuza's protective mafia role has existed at least since the end of the Second World War, and arguably longer, their sources of income have not remained constant. The yakuza have undergone considerable change in their business activities over the last half-century. The two key factors driving this evolution have been the changes in the legal, and law-enforcement environment within which these groups must operate, and the economic opportunities available to them. This first factor demonstrates that the complex and ambiguous relationship between the yakuza and the state has always been more than purely symbiotic. With the introduction of the boryokudan (yakuza) countermeasures law in 1992, the relationship between the yakuza and the state has become more unambiguously antagonistic. Assessing the impact of this law is, however, problematic; the contemporaneous bursting of Japan's economic bubble at the beginning of the 1990s also profoundly and adversely influenced yakuza sources of income. It is impossible to completely disentangle the effects of these two events. By the end of the twentieth century, the outlook for the yakuza was bleak and offered no short-term prospect of amelioration. More profoundly, state-expropriation of protection markets formerly dominated by the yakuza suggests that the longer-term prospects for these groups are bleaker still: no longer, therefore, need the yakuza be seen as an inevitable and necessary evil.
Book Synopsis Confessions of a Yakuza by : Dr. Junichi Saga
Download or read book Confessions of a Yakuza written by Dr. Junichi Saga and published by Kodansha USA. This book was released on 2010-08-05 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story, as told to the doctor who looked after him just before he died, of the life of one of the last traditional yakuza in Japan. It wasn’t a "good" life, in either sense of the word, but it was an adventurous one; and the tale he has to tell presents an honest and oddly attractive picture of an insider in that separate, unofficial world. In his low, hoarse voice, he describes the random events that led the son of a prosperous country shopkeeper to become a member, and ultimately the leader, of a gang organizing illegal dice games in Tokyo's liveliest entertainment area. He talks about his first police raid, and the brutal interrogation and imprisonment that followed it. He remembers his first love affair, and the girl he ran away with, and the weeks they spent wandering about the countryside together. Briefly, and matter-of-factly, he describes how he cut off the little finger of his left hand as a ritual gesture of apology. He explains how the games were run and the profits spent; why the ties between members of "the brotherhood" were so important; and how he came to kill a man who worked for him. What emerges is a contradictory personality: tough but not unsentimental; stubborn yet willing to take life more or less as it comes; impulsive but careful to observe the rules of the business he had joined. And in the end, when his tale is finished, you feel you would probably have liked him if you'd met him in person. Fortunately, Dr. Saga's record of his long conversations with him provides a wonderful substitute for that meeting.
Download or read book Yakuza Moon written by Shoko Tendo and published by Kodansha USA. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yakuza Moon is the shocking, yet intensely moving memoir of 37-yearold Shoko Tendo, who grew up the daughter of a yakuza boss. Tendo lived her life in luxury until the age of six, when her father was sent to prison, and her family fell into terrible debt. Bullied by classmates who called her "the yakuza girl," and terrorized at home by a father who became a drunken, violent monster after his release from prison, Tendo rebelled. A regular visitor to nightclubs at the age of 12, she soon became a drug addict and a member of a girl gang. By the age of 15 she found herself sentenced to eight months in a juvenile detention center. Adulthood brought big bucks and glamour when Tendo started working as a bar hostess during Japan’s booming bubble economy of the nineteen- eighties. But among her many rich and loyal patrons there were also abusive clients, one of whom beat her so badly that her face was left permanently scarred. When her mother died, Tendo plunged into such a deep depression that she tried to commit suicide twice. Tendo takes us through the bad times with warmth and candor, and gives a moving and inspiring account of how she overcame a lifetime of discrimination and hardship. Getting tattooed, from the base of her neck to the tips of her toes, with a design centered on a geisha with a dagger in her mouth, was an act that empowered her to start making changes in her life. She quit her job as a hostess. On her last day at the bar she looked up at the full moon, a sight she never forgot. The moon became a symbol of her struggle to become whole, and the title of the book she wrote as an epitaph for herself and her family.
Download or read book Yakuza Pride written by H. J. Brues and published by . This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When yakuza underboss Shigure Matsunaga meets Kenneth Harris at a boring social event, he's surprised to find himself attracted to the blond gaijin with the mismatched eyes. Shigure is even more pleased when he discovers Ken not only speaks Japanese fluently, but is fluent in Japan's ways, even the more violent of the martial arts. Ken's expertise at kendo is not his most striking quality--it's the passion beneath his quiet, almost fragile exterior that ignites Shigure's lust, and the two come together as explosively as they spar. Shigure is a dangerous man in a dangerous position. He's been trying to keep the peace with the Daito-kai--his hated rivals--but the danger on the streets is escalating, threatening those Shigure most wants to protect. He may claim to love his gaijin, but before he can keep Ken safe, Shigure will have to overcome hostility from his people, a hidden enemy, and, the most insidious opponent of all, his own hard-won pride.
Download or read book Yakuza My Brother written by Jacob Raz and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yakuza, My Brother is a story based on true events. Raz, an Israeli scholar, befriends Yuki, a young, intelligent, well-educated but marginal man. Yuki disappears one day under mysterious circumstances, apparently because of his involvement with the Yakuza, the Japanese organized crime syndicate. Raz is perplexed. Along with his scholarly interest in Japan, he embarks on a personal quest to find and perhaps save his young friend. He knows the trail to Yuki leads through the Yakuza. He finally manages to penetrate one of the most important crime families by employing some uncommon methods. While pursuing his scholarly interest in the Yakuza, Raz never forgets Yuki, his lost friend. Ultimately, after dramatic and harrowing travels around East Asia, he finds a man who might be Yuki. But then again, he might not
Book Synopsis The Yakuza's Bias 1 by : Teki Yatsuda
Download or read book The Yakuza's Bias 1 written by Teki Yatsuda and published by Kodansha USA. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A yakuza enforcer becomes the gang world's biggest K-pop stan in this cult comedy manga that went from webcomic to sleeper hit in Japan! Perfect for fans of Way of the Househusband, Phantom of the Idol, or Spy x Family. Ken Kanashiro is one of the top lieutenants in the feared yakuza outfit the Washio Clan. He lives his life by the code of the Japanese underworld, where nothing is more important than loyalty, and ties between soldiers and their aniki are sacred bonds. Ken's never had time for hobbies... until the boss's only daughter Megumi drags him to a K-pop concert, and he sees the glittering, charismatic Jun for the first time. Smitten like a new recruit on his first job, Ken plunges into fandom with the solemnity and passion only a true man who walks the way of the yakuza could muster.
Download or read book Tokyo Vice written by Jake Adelstein and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW A MAX ORIGINAL SERIES. A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist who "pulls the curtain back on ... [an] element of Japanese society that few Westerners ever see" (San Francisco Examiner). Jake Adelstein is the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club, where for twelve years he covered the dark side of Japan: extortion, murder, human trafficking, fiscal corruption, and of course, the yakuza. But when his final scoop exposed a scandal that reverberated all the way from the neon soaked streets of Tokyo to the polished Halls of the FBI and resulted in a death threat for him and his family, Adelstein decided to step down. Then, he fought back. In Tokyo Vice he delivers an unprecedented look at Japanese culture and searing memoir about his rise from cub reporter to seasoned journalist with a price on his head.
Download or read book Yakuza written by David E. Kaplan and published by Sphere. This book was released on 1986 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Yakuza Diary by : Christopher Seymour
Download or read book Yakuza Diary written by Christopher Seymour and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A writer who infiltrated the Yakuza, the Japanese organized crime syndicate, reveals their wealth and power, four-hundred-year-old code of conduct, and a cast of characters including bosses and underlings
Book Synopsis The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting Vol. 3 by : Tsukiya
Download or read book The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting Vol. 3 written by Tsukiya and published by Kaiten Books LLC. This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A GUARDIAN ANGEL OF VENGEANCE Kirishima has grown accustomed to being a babysitter, the distance closing between his and Yaeka’s hearts. But just as he finds himself being changed by Yaeka’s innocence, tragedy strikes...and reignites a fire inside him. Will this unexpected turn of events bring the two closer together, or will this be the catalyst to reawaken the Demon of the Sakuragi family?
Book Synopsis The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting Vol. 1 (manga) by : Tsukiya
Download or read book The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting Vol. 1 (manga) written by Tsukiya and published by Kaiten Books LLC. This book was released on 2021-02-12 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHO’S YOUR NANNY? Kirishima Tooru is the right-hand man of the Sakuragi crime family. For him, the job is a perfect excuse to let his violent instincts run wild, earning him the nickname “the Demon of Sakuragi”. It seems like nothing will stand in the way of his vicious nature. But then one day, he receives an assignment like never before from the boss—babysitting his daughter! This is the heartwarming (or is it bloodcurdling?) story of a little girl and her yakuza caretaker!
Book Synopsis The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting Vol. 7 by : Tsukiya
Download or read book The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting Vol. 7 written by Tsukiya and published by Kaiten Books LLC. This book was released on 2024-02-02 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FAMILY MATTERS The Sakuragi boss has been summoned by his sworn brother Touyama. At their meeting, a shocking revelation shakes the foundations of the Sakuragi family: Survivors from the family responsible for running down the boss’s beloved wife are on the loose…
Book Synopsis The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting Vol. 6 by : Tsukiya
Download or read book The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting Vol. 6 written by Tsukiya and published by Kaiten Books LLC. This book was released on 2023-03-24 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LAW AND DISORDER Feeling sentimental, Kirishima pays a visit to the graveyard carrying a bouquet of kalanchoe, his mother’s favorite flower. On top of that, there’s a raid from big boss Takamatsu, a yakuza-style no-holds-barred game of baseball—and Kaede’s dad turns out to be a policeman?!
Book Synopsis The Yakuza's Bias 2 by : Teki Yatsuda
Download or read book The Yakuza's Bias 2 written by Teki Yatsuda and published by Kodansha USA. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WITH HONOR AND HUMANITY Ken Kanashiro has taken the vow of brotherhood in the world of K-pop fandom. His devotion and commitment to MNW-the hottest K-pop boy band-inspires many around him, including his rival, Kinji Mizuhara. When Miss Megumi is not able to attend the upcoming concert (or “celebration” as Ken calls it), Kinji jumps at the chance to see his bias in person for the first time. With primal fervor, the yakuza fanboys are treated with excellent fan service and become more determined to attend the upcoming handshake to repay their debts.
Book Synopsis The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting Vol. 2 by : Tsukiya
Download or read book The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting Vol. 2 written by Tsukiya and published by Kaiten Books LLC. This book was released on 2021-07-23 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN UNLIKELY PAIR! On the surface, he's the babysitter for the boss's only daughter Yaeka, but Kirishima is really a member of the yakuza by trade. Thanks to Kirishima's persuasion, Yaeka finally resolves to visit her mother in the hospital, where she shares the feelings she's built up over the past three years. Join this unlikely pair as they make Valentine's chocolates with the gluttonous high school girl Ayumu, become reunited with Kirishima's own former babysitter, and even meeting Yaeka's first friend!
Book Synopsis The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting Vol. 5 by : Tsukiya
Download or read book The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting Vol. 5 written by Tsukiya and published by Kaiten Books LLC. This book was released on 2022-08-26 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BLAST FROM THE PAST At a meeting with the Sakuragi family’s head house, Kirishima has a run-in with his mortal enemy, a man called Mashiro. Faced with someone who knows his true nature and prefers him that way, will Kirishima let his annoyance get the better of him…?
