The larger-than-life exploits chronicled in American journalist Jake Adelstein's memoir are the basis for the new crime drama from Endeavor Content and HBO Max, but insiders have doubts about the veracity of some of his tales: 'I don't think half of that stuff in the book happened.'
For Adelstein, the story came with some obvious risks. Getting on the wrong side of major crime figures could very well lead to retaliation . But it ultimately paid off. The story helped cement Adelstein’s reputation as an unflinching chronicler of organized crime in Japan, propelling him to minor celebrity status as one of the primary experts on a shadowy underworld few had access to.
After leaving Missouri at age 19 to pursue his interest in Japan, Adelstein graduated from Tokyo’s Sophia University in 1993 and landed a coveted job as a cub reporter at the, one of Japan’s leading news outlets and, at the time, the biggest newspaper in the world based on circulation. He was the first Westerner to be hired as a reporter at the paper.
“For a foreigner to learn Japanese that well, report and write articles in Japanese, work and function inside that culture, was truly impressive,” says Naoki Tsujii, who started with Adelstein at thein 2005, Adelstein would thrive as a freelance journalist, contributing articles to
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