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Joshua Lawrence "Jake" Adelstein (born March 28, 1969) is an American [1] journalist, crime writer, and blogger who has spent most of his career in Japan. He is the author of Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan, which inspired the 2022 Max original streaming television series Tokyo Vice, starring Ansel Elgort as Adelstein.
Apr 7, 2022 · Learn about the real Jake Adelstein, the American reporter played by Ansel Elgort in the HBO series Tokyo Vice. Find out how he became a journalist, a Yakuza investigator, a Zen Buddhist priest and a best-selling author.
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Apr 7, 2022 · He is also working on a sequel to Tokyo Vice. HBO Max's 'Tokyo Vice' is based on the true story of American journalist Jake Adelstein, who worked at a Japanese newspaper reporting on the Yakuza.
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Jan 1, 2012 · One of the foremost experts on Japanese organized crime is Jake Adelstein, who grew up on a farm in Missouri, worked as the only American on the crime beat for Japan’s largest newspaper, and...
Mar 22, 2024 · The reporter Jake Adelstein, played by Ansel Elgort, is working on a big story involving a mobster and a high-ranking government official. He arrives at his newsroom, where his editor, played...
Apr 5, 2024 · Asia. The man who cracked Japan’s crime gangs is back for a sequel. Jake Adelstein’s Tokyo Vice exposed Japan’s yakuza. Now he’s out of police protection and releasing a new book. From the...
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Jake Adelstein has been an investigative journalist in Japan since 1993 and writing for The Daily Beast since 2011. Considered one of the foremost experts on organized crime in Japan, he works...
