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Yakuza

Yakuza

by David E. Kaplan, Alec Dubro

1986Organized crimeGangsYakuzaCrime and criminalsCrime
2.5
Open Library
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Known for their striking full-body tattoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong{u2014}more than 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 Originally published in 1986, Yakuza was so controversial in Japan that it could not be published there for five years.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, and more.

Themes & subjects

Organized crimeGangsYakuzaCrime and criminalsCrimeHistory
First published 1986

Setting

Japan

About the author

David E. Kaplan

1955

Authors

David E. Kaplan, Alec Dubro

First published

1986

Pages

414

Read time

≈ 10h

Editions

17

Language

English

Publisher

University of California Press

ISBN

9780709080992

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