TOKYO UNDERWORLD(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　Excellent–. An irreverent, subversive and entertaining yarn
that enlightens readers about important aspects of Japanese history
and the shadowy world of power.–The Japan Times
　　”[Tokyo Underworld] is an entertaining book that is far
more than an entertainment.”–Washington City Paper —
Review

　　A fascinating look at some fascinating people who show how
democracy advances hand in hand with crime in Japan.–Mario
Puzo
　　In this unorthodox chronicle of the rise of Japan, Inc., Robert
Whiting, author of You Gotta Have Wa, gives us a fresh perspective
on the economic miracle and near disaster that is modern
Japan.
　　Through the eyes of Nick Zappetti, a former GI, former black
marketer, failed professional wrestler, bungling diamond thief who
turned himself into “the Mafia boss of Tokyo and the king of
Rappongi,” we meet the players and the losers in the high-stakes
game of postwar finance, politics, and criminal corruption in which
he thrived. Here’s the story of the Imperial Hotel diamond robbers,
who attempted (and may have accomplished) the biggest heist in
Tokyo’s history. Here is Rikidozan, the professional wrestler who
almost single-handedly revived Japanese pride, but whose own
ethnicity had to be kept secret. And here is the story of the
intimate relationships shared by Japan’s ruling party, its
financial combines, its ruthless criminal gangs, the CIA, American
Big Business, and perhaps at least one presidential relative. Here
is the underside of postwar Japan, which is only now coming to
light.