by Jake Adelstein Aug 3, 2013 If you’re a well-connected Japanese gangster, you now have your own newspaper to keep you abreast of underworld life. Another perk of the job.Japan’s yakuza are a different lot. They have office buildings, business… Read More ›
Jake Adelstein
What every stressed yakuza mobster needs: A morale-boosting magazine
In-house tabloid offers tips on board games, haikus and a letter from the Yamaguchi-gumi outfit’s godfather David McNeill Wednesday, 10 July 2013 Japan’s biggest crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, has produced an in-house tabloid magazine with features on fishing and board… Read More ›
It’s not easy being a Yakuza boss
By Jake Adelstein — Oct 15 These days the price of a standard civilian hit-job can run as high as $2 million. That’s not the price to get the job done — that’s the price if one of your underlings… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 