附註:Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-386) and index.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION; PROLOGUE: ENTER THE YAKUZA; 1. THE HONORABLE OUTLAWS; 2. OCCUPIED JAPAN; 3. NEXUS ON THE RIGHT; 4. THE BLACK MIST; 5. THE SYNDICATES; 6. CORRUPTION, JAPANESE-STYLE; 7. THE KEIZAI YAKUZA; THE COLLAPSING BUBBLE; 9. METH, MONEY, AND THE SEX TRADE; 10. OLD MARKETS AND NEW; 11. ACROSS THE PACIFIC; 12. TO AMERICA; EPILOGUE: A NEW YAKUZA; A NOTE ON RESEARCH; NOTES; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
摘要:Known for their striking full-body tattoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong--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.