Known for their striking full-body tatoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class 80,000 strong - over four times the size of the American mafia. Despite their criminal nature, the Yakuza are accepted by fellow Japanese to a degree guaranteed to shock most Westerners. Here is the first book to reveal the extraordinary reach of Japan's mafia. Originally published in 1986, "Yakuza" was so controversial in Japan that it could not be published there for five years. But in the West, it has long served ...
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Known for their striking full-body tatoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class 80,000 strong - over four times the size of the American mafia. Despite their criminal nature, the Yakuza are accepted by fellow Japanese to a degree guaranteed to shock most Westerners. Here is the first book to reveal the extraordinary reach of Japan's mafia. Originally published in 1986, "Yakuza" was so controversial in Japan that it could not be published there for five years. But in the West, it has long served as the standard reference on Japanese organized crime, inspiring novels, screenplays and criminal investigations. David E. Kaplan and Alec Dubro spent nearly two decades conducting hundreds of interviews with everyone from street-level hoodlums and police to Japan's most powerful godfathers. The result is a searing indictment of corruption in the world's second largest economy. This updated, expanded and thoroughly revised edition of "Yakuza" tells the full story of Japan's remarkable crime syndicates, from their feudal start as bands of medieval outlaws to their emergence as billion-dollar investors in real estate, big business, art work and more.
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The authors did a wonderful job of going deep into the origins of the Japanese mafia. I didn't understand the purpose of such detail when I started reading, however by the time i reached the third chapter I well appreciated the detailed coverage. Its an immaculate work for those who love accuracy in books/documentaries/movies on organized crime. Cant praise this piece of work enough.
