How Dangerous are the Yakuza? Japan's Deadliest Criminals (w/ ‘Tokyo Vice’ Author Jake Adelstein)
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- Jake Adelstein is an investigative journalist and the author of several books about Japanese organized crime including Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan, which is currently being adaptation into a TV series by HBO Max.
His latest book, The Last Yakuza: Life and Death in the Japanese Underworld, is out now. He is a board member for Lighthouse: Center for Human Trafficking Victims and hosts the podcast The Evaporated, about the countless people who vanish in Japan every year.
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Tokyo Vice is an underrated and fantastic show
Japan cracked down on Yakuza hard. They’re a shell of their former organizations.
The government does NOT LIKE COMPETITION. Helps to remember things like prostitution are legal in Japan now, guess which entity gets A $$cut$$ of those proceeds instead of the Yakuza now.
@AKlover prostitution is not legal in japan, they have basically a private room strip club where some sexual stuff probably takes place, it's not legal.
@@becraftcorey "Legal Grey Area"???? I remember BPS doing A video showing where the brothels are and how Japanese prostitutes either are pressured to not or outright do not service foreigners, that is left to the "migrants". That is oddly specific to be untrue. Look up Black Pigeon Walking Tour or something to that effect.
@@becraftcorey "Legal Grey Area"???? I remember BPS doing A video showing where the red light districts are and how Japanese pros either are pressured to not or outright do not service foreigners, that is left to the "migrants". That is oddly specific to be untrue. Look up Pigeon Walking Tour or something to that effect.
@@becraftcoreylol riiiiiight
Beyond amazing. GREAT interview Andy ~~~ and Thank YOU Jake A. for your insights
Thank you very much for listening. And thanks to Andy for an engaging interview
Thanks for listening
Loved the series. Great interview Andy.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very interesting nice episode! Not many people doing good info on Japanese organized crime.
Thanks for the support Larry!!!
Awesome interview!
Ads every 2 minutes. Awesome
Thanks for sticking around despite the frequent ads!
This was fascinating
Thanks for watching!!
Fantastic. Your overall content is among the best out there. Love the CH and the BRCC podcasts at well.
New favorite pod, tokyo vice is awesome
Great discussion
Loved Tokyo Vice. Especially season 2. Glad I stumbled upon this channel and this episode to see the real Jake Adelstein.
Black Rain 1989 who didn’t want to be Sato
That was a heck of a movie 🍿🎥
@@sitdowndogbreath since 1989 only buy black cars , Yakuza Style
great interview, came here after watching Tokyo Vice
Just like Costra Nostra, don't think gokudō is dead and gone. ...They didn't die off, they just adapted to the times.
the Cosa Nostra in the U.S. is dead. They don't have the numbers like in the old days. Neither do the Yakuza. 3/4 of their membership is gone.
Is this guy who they based Tokyo Vice on?!? The ice cream tipped me off. So cool!
lol Crazy, right? That's the real Jake Adelstein, apparently.
He was swordfighting in the trailer for the HBO show. I can't picture this guy getting into swordfights.
All I can focus on is the Tenga on his bookshelf 😂
The HBO series is great, btw. A-tier TV
An assessment of Jake Adelstein by the world's best yakuza experts.
"Not only do they misrepresent the yakuza, they make themselves into the heroes of crime novels and start telling the world that they are yakuza experts. It is tedious, time-consuming, and frequently causes trouble. I have learned the hard way that my name and work are often used to enhance the credibility of this work."
source?
@@jibberjabber6919 Martina Baradel discusses the unique world of the yakuza, Japan's organised crime syndicates | Department of Sociology | University of Oxford
Love all of your content bud. Keep getting after it.
Thanks, will do!
Also, following the (anti-Yakuza) ordinances of 2011 which were politically driven by the Hatoyama government over his 2 year reign from 2009 many of the groups simply acquiesced under a mutually beneficial understanding and “corporatised” their commercial activities within legitimate longstanding ‘white collar’ firms in the manufacturing, law and financial realms. Effectively they just started wearing suits and going into the office - meaning much less need for large numbers of ground troops.
The contemporary downside of all that shedding of grunts has been the subsequent and increasing rise in numbers of the Chinese Triads pushing in and taking over the older ‘traditional’ business activities forcing the Yakuza to agree on generally unfavourable split deals within their individual territories. The reality is home break ins and street crime is on the rise including sexual assault. That was never much of a problem with the Yukazu at full strength. Many within the police force and society at large lament the old days.
Tokyo Vice is top tier
Fax
Wasn't he exposed as a serial liar though?
He said the mob and Yakuza aren't similar because of the celebrity like status of the Yakuza but that makes the mob and Yakuza even more similar. During the height of the mafia these mafia bosses and members were treated like celebrities. Hell, paparazzi would even flock to them like they would with an A list actor.
Loved the Tokyo vice show! Great listen!
Your ads are too loud and too frequent
Thank you for the feedback
Agree
Agreed the person who is interviewed and yourself should be a bit louder and ads should be either at beginning after intro or closer to the end slap 3-4 for in a row or 2 in the begining 2 in middle and 2 at the end depending on the length of video
That change of names is interesting.....
NO mentions of the power grid in Japan....
Black Rain is great movie and needs reboot.
This guy looks like we interrupted his sleep sorry for the inconvenience sir lmao
I love that he has a Tenga Cup on his shelf bro lmao
It’s basically like the mafia there’s a code
They're (Yakuza) all over tokyo, roppongi district, and yokohama. Also, they've got a huge presence in downtown naha, and okinawa city, of Okinawa.
Loved Toyko Vice Series 1 ..... Series 2 just dropped in Europe have watched 4 episode's so far .....loving it so far .... Sato is the BEST character in the series ....The actor that plays him was made for the role ... Is a gangster ...but reluctant one.... Totally addicted to this series
WOW. Heavy stuff.
They made a movie based on the serial killer he's referring to. It was called cold fish.
Dude i love tokyo vixe
Thanks Jake A . Was one of the liver transplant name Aki? My friend’s boyfriend in 80s. Did you become a Journalist there with Japanese language fluent? Did you know Terry Anderson?
Is this the real man the main character/reporter is based on in Tokyo vice on hbo max??
Yeah, that's Jake Adelstein.
Do not mistake what is legal for what is right
Dude got a Tenga next time his google cup. 😊 cultured 😊
I’m enjoying your show. Please keep up the good work. Hopefully they won’t all be IP interviews
ヤクザ
ya-ku-za
There are 3 syllables.
The 1st syllable is stressed.
Say “YAH” clearly.
The correct pronunciation is
YAH-coo-zah.
Don’t let them get there hands on nothing
Look up the m-fund and how the cia basically funded the yakuza after the war.
Felt like 10 ads
They basically don’t exist anymore.
I could not put his Tokyo Vice book down. Very interesting look into Japan, not the side travel influencers show. I really feel for his chapters about the trafficked women and career burnout. Thank you for another great episode!
oh nooooo they break the law like we do every day
Yakuza ain been relevant in ages and p much non existent in 2024. since 09 Takaharu Ando era. now yakuza is just novelty.
bruh served under the us government is talking about mental gymnastics very ironic
Andy, buddy…pronouncing “Yakuza” like someone who JUST finished the Kill Bill series won’t win many style points.
I love the tv series and the book but after the new laws the yakuza are almost dead. Adelstein keeps them alive for his own business. What is his worth for a crime group that is now over 90% diminished. All his stories are before the new yakuza laws. Even though his book is a great read even though i dont believe all in this book.
Ive never seen no yakuza gang member anywere i live in Seattle WA.
THEY Lowkey u would not even tell if they yakuza
Then I guess that means they don’t exist 😂
You have never seen no Yakuza? So you see them a lot in Seattle? lmfao.
They don’t mess with Seattle, the Vietnamese own Seattle mostly
The Yakuza have too much class to be seen in Seattle. 😂
Pronounced Ya-Ka-Za,not Ya -Kuuza!!!!
You definitely need to read
TOKYO VICE
….if you are really interested in this subject.
It’s really scary! It is really accurate!
This content was relevant 20 years ago.
So learning about history isn’t your thing, I guess? Nothing before 20 years ago, I take it? LOL
How dare yua make beeg joky joky abouta yakuza.
Mind your business..Leave this charitable organization alone .
Just FYI, it’s not Ya-KU-za, it’s YA-ku-za.😊
2 minutes in, guy pronounces it "yakooza." Hard pass. Can't trust this guy.
I heard the original yakuza's were korean. any truth to that?
@sentfromdaniel you watched the video. Actually, the ads were interrupting the video around every 5 minutes!!!❤😮😊