Nikko Kaihatsu 151, 216, 245
Nippon Credit Bank 216
Nippon Ham 202, 203–4
Nippon Telephone and Telegraph 171
Nissho Iwai 161
Nixon, Richard M. 18, 103, 157, 169–70, 175, 176, 179
Nomo, Hideo 263–4
Nomura, Akio 185, 238
Nomura Hotel 6, 7
Nomura Securities 108, 216, 245, 253–4, 258
North Kyushu 6
Northrop 104, 160
NTV 40, 41, 42, 75
Oahu 209
Obuchi, Keizo 253
Occupation Finance Office 14
o-chugen 237
oil 163–4, 165, 181, 245
Okachimachi district 220–1, 222, 247
Olympic Games:
of 1940 15
of 1964 93, 95, 99–100, 105–8, 116, 155, 162, 198–9
Omura Air Field 14
One-Eyed Jack casino 261
‘onlies’ 21, 38
Ono, Bamboku 74, 75
‘open Japan’ 198
opium 71
orei (thank-you fee) 142
Oriental Exclusion Act 14
Ortega, Jesse 43
Osaka 94, 114, 190–1, 198, 256
Osano, Kenji 157, 168–71, 173, 175, 176–7, 180, 214
o-seibo 237
Ozu, Kinosuke 4, 9, 10, 76
Ozu market 2, 4, 8, 9
pachinko 36–7, 68, 100, 132, 250, 263
Pacific Stars and Stripes 86, 94, 116
paipu 210
Palm Springs, Calif. 210
Pan-Asianism 164
parallel importing 111, 121
Park Chung Hee 77, 164
Park Tong Sun 182
Parliament, Japanese see Diet, Japanese
Pearce, Kenny 85, 86
Pebble Beach Golf Course 210, 233
Perry, Commodore Matthew ix
Pharoah, The 262
Phillips, Jim 104–5
pinkies, self-amputation of 114–15, 205
‘pink salons’ 132
Pizza Hut 236
Pizza-la 266
pizza restaurants 143, 145, 236, 246, 265–6 see also Nicola’s
‘pizza toast’ 110
Playboy Club 164
Player, Gary 217
Plaza Accord (1985) 195, 244, 255
politics, political scandals, Japanese 59
aircraft industry and 103–5, 159–61, 168–74
construction industry and 199–200
corporate extortion and 257–9
criminal involvement in ix, 8–9, 10–11, 71, 73, 75–8, 103, 156–61, 215, 253, 254–5, 258
history of 10–11, 35
Japanese culture and 11, 59, 156–9, 171–5, 180–1, 253–4
US involvement in x, 23, 156–61, 169–74
Pollack, Sidney 114
Post, Telephone and Telegraph Ministry, Japanese 211–12
Potsdam Declaration (1945) 2, 25
Prado, Perez 57
Prescott, Leo 80
prime minister, majority party presidentas 179
Pritzker Prize 99
privacy laws 192
Procter and Gamble 197
prostitution 26, 36, 69
by Caucasian women 158
GIs and 6–7, 26, 36, 38, 63
industrial espionage and x, 103–5, 160
legal status of 158–9
revenues taken in by 26, 158–9
protectionism, Japanese 110, 119–24, 196–7, 198
puro-resu bumu 39
Pusan 164
Pyonyang 93, 264
Quantum Access 217
racing 156
Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act (1970) 191–2
Ransburg, Ed 122–6
Ransburg Electrostatic Painting 122–6
Rao, Joe 13
RCA 33
Reader’s Digest 32, 186
Reagan, Ronald 215–16
real estate 7, 8, 64, 137, 145, 153, 159, 168, 174, 192, 194, 195, 200, 204, 209, 210, 211, 217, 218, 245, 253, 256, 259
Recreation and Amusement Association (RAA) 6, 7, 101
Reverse Course 26–7
Rhee, Syngman 77
Ricketts, Al 64
right wing 3, 20, 71, 74, 76, 215, 243
Riki Apartments 67, 134, 208
Rikidozan 40–3, 45, 59, 67–8, 71, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79–80, 82, 263–4
barroom demeanor of 68
businesses owned by 67
daughter of 93, 264
death of 95–8, 207, 208–9
first professional wrestling matches of 39–42, 90
Japanese name and citizenship of 87, 88–9, 91–3, 98
as kabu dealer 79–80
Korean name of 87, 88, 92
Korean origins of 87, 88–9, 91–3, 98, 164, 263–4
mental instability of 94–6
professional name of 91, 92
as remembered figure 263–4
‘Riki effect’ and 45, 59
size of 40
sumo career of 88–90
television wrestling show of 42, 67
‘typhoons’ created by 81
underworld induction of 75
Zappetti aided by 80–1, 82
Rio Bravo (film) 240
Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, The (Kennedy) 195
Rising Sun (Crichton) 234
Riviera Club 34–5, 233
Roa, Richard 165–7, 243–4
Road to Bali (film) 213
Roberts, John 175, 196
Rockefeller, John D., III 33
Rockefeller, Nelson 175
Rockefeller Center 195, 233, 243
Rockefeller family 27, 29, 33, 175
Rockefeller Group 29, 175
Rocker 4 club 19
Rokuiido Saiban Bochoko (Tachibana) 177
Roppongi Crossing 62, 162, 181, 232, 235, 237, 263
Nicola’s branch of 143, 145, 149, 151, 232, 235–9, 266
Roppongi district 77, 80, 81, 94, 99, 100–1, 106–7, 108, 109, 112, 115, 116, 132, 137, 138, 143, 144–5, 149, 153, 155, 157, 158, 162, 164, 165, 166, 184, 185, 204, 205, 207, 209, 219, 223, 224, 232, 233, 234–8, 240–1, 244–5, 249–52, 260–1, 263, 265
in 1950s 62–5, 290–91
in 1960s 83–7
in 1970s 181–2
in 1980s 194
in 1990s 266–7
Ross, Kenneth 163, 262
Royal Hawaiian Hotel 180
Russian–Japanese war 3
ryotei 103
Saffir, Leonard 52
Sagawa Kyubin 215, 253
Sakata, Harold 90
sakazuki 76
sakurada-gumi (undercover policemen) 114
Salomon Brothers 255
samurai 3, 4, 69, 127, 135, 148
Sands Hotel 157, 176
San Francisco Seals 90
Sanno Hotel 63
Sanyo 123
Sapporo 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 203, 212, 241, 248
Sapporo Royal Hotel 136
Sato, Eisaku 160–1, 169
SCAP (Supreme Commander of Allied Powers) 5, 8, 17–18, 23–4, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 76
Schenley liquor distribution company 111
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 161, 177, 178
Securities and Exchange Law 254
Seidenstecker, Edward 261
‘self-reflection conferences’ 184–5
Selleck, Tom 235
Senate, US 172, 173, 189, 210, 262
sensei (teacher) 127
Seoul 72, 73, 78, 92, 106, 211, 262
Seryna restaurant 101, 143
Sessions, William 189
Setagaya Trust Bank of Tokyo 141–2
Shakey’s pizza 236
Shane (film) 32
Sharpe Brothers 39–40, 42
Shattuck, Al 35, 49, 55–6
Shephard, Alan 213
Shimbashi district 4, 6, 15, 94, 131
Shimbashi Station 41
Shincho 16
3
Shinjuku district 1, 76, 83, 162, 211, 250, 262
Shinjuku Station 2, 4
Shinto 39
shipbuilding 32, 58
Shoda, Michiko 66
Shoji, Munenobu 217–18
Shoriki, Matsutaro 41
Showa calendar 187
Showa Denko 11, 12
Shukan Gendai 103, 257
Shukan Tokyo 70
Siemens 11–12
Silk Road nightclub 106
60 Minutes 206–7
slot machines 21, 38
sobaya 62
Socialist Party, Japanese 75, 105, 182
sokaiya, see corporate ‘security’ racketeer
Sony 32–3
‘Southwestern Money Nexus’ 175
Soviet Embassy 22, 62, 63, 86
Soviet Union 17, 24, 27, 31, 37, 38
sports, corruption in 156
‘Sports-Peace Party’, Japanese 264
Standard Oil 28, 33
Stars and Stripes, see Pacific Stars and Stripes
State Department, US 9, 25, 32, 34, 76, 120
Stretch, Joe 13
sugar 20, 21
Sukarno, President 72, 103
Sullivan, Mike 116–17, 250
Sumitomo Bank 196, 215–16, 256
Sumiyoshi-kai 19, 68, 83–4, 90, 96, 98, 146, 182, 204, 206, 207–8, 211, 215, 259, 262–3
sumo 39, 40, 68, 88–90, 93, 156, 188–9, 236
Sumo Association 89, 188–9
Sumo Hall of Fame and Museum 88–9
Sunday Mainichi (newspaper) 57
Supreme Commander of Allied Powers (SCAP) 5, 8, 17–18, 23–4, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 76
Supreme Court, Japanese 56, 147, 179–80, 260
Surfrider Hotel 180
tabi (Korean sock) 87–8
Tachibana, Takashi 177
Tachikawa Air Force Base 128, 130
taishokin (retirement bonus), Zappetti’s lawsuit over 184, 186, 226
Taiwan 189
Takeshita, Noboru 215, 253
Tanaka, Junji 165–7
Tanaka, Kakuei 157, 169, 170–1, 172, 181, 188, 214, 215
on bribery 170, 173
death of 180
LDP presidency bought by 170–1
in Lockheed bribery scandal 169–70, 175–6, 177, 178, 180
political power of 179, 180
resignation of 172
Tanashi gang 82
Tange, Kenzo 99
Tani (yakuza captain) 205–6
Tashiro, Hiroji 262–3
tatemae and honne (principle and reality) 161–2, 182
taxes 109, 141–2, 156, 174, 205
Teijin 12
tekiya 2, 3, 69, 70, 191
tekiya oyabun 76
television, wrestling and 39, 41, 75
Thesz, Lou 67
‘third nationals’ 164
‘Third Order of the Sacred Treasure’ 260
Tiffany Building 256
Toa Yuai Jigyo Kumiai (East Asia Friendship Enterprises Association) 106, 189, 210–11, 262–3
Tobacco Road (film) 32
Toei Film Studios 114
Tojo cabinet 71
Tokko-keisatsu (Thought Police) 29
Tokugawa Shogunate 4, 11
Tokyo 142, 209
annual metropolitan government budget of 108
crime rate in 36, 58
diamond center of 220
in 1960s economic boom 100–1
1964 Olympic Games held in 93, 95, 99–100, 105–8, 116
in 1980s economic boom 193
post-Occupation gaijin in 34, 46, 57–8
postwar conditions in 1–2, 5, 7, 12, 31, 33–4
Western food in 60–1, 66, 89, 261, 266
year-end corporate banquets in 33
see also specific districts
Tokyo Assembly 3
Tokyo Bar Association 163
Tokyo Detention House 190
Tokyo District Court 9, 146–7, 152, 153, 154, 174, 247, 258
Tokyo Family Court 137, 140
Tokyo High Court 176
Tokyo Hilton Hotel 151–3
Tokyo Metals Association 8
Tokyo Rising (Seidenstecker) 261
Tokyo Sagawa Kyubin 253
Tokyo Shimbun (newspaper) 93
Tokyo Sports (newspaper) 74
Tokyo Stock Exchange 204
Tokyo Tower 214, 261
Tokyo Weekender (periodical) 163
Tokyu Corporation 216, 236
Tokyu Hotel chain 151–3
Tokyu Railways 163
Tom’s nightclub 85–6, 116–17, 251
Tonichi Trading Company 72, 103
Toranomon Hospital 230
Tosei-kai (Eastern Voice Society) (TSK) 19, 20, 35, 68–9, 70, 74, 114, 115, 117, 121, 162, 163, 164–7, 168, 174, 181–2, 189, 214, 250, 262–3
Toshiba 28, 260
Toyota 125–6, 212
trade balance, Japan–US 153, 156, 159, 169, 193, 196–8
Transportation Ministry, Japanese 170
Trans-World Airlines 151
Treasury Asset Forfeiture Fund, US 258–9
Trump, Donald 243–4
TSK.CCC Terminal 162–8, 174, 181
21 Club 217
U-2 reconnaissance plane 105, 158
Uemura, Naoki 260
undercover policemen 114
Underground Economy x, 5, 70–1, 87, 99–130
underworld, Japanese
codes of chivalry and honor in 3
construction industry and 3, 156
first US-style ‘hit’ conducted by 69, 148
gang turmoil in 82–3, 181–2, 258
generational changes in 69–70, 114, 204-7, 250-1
GHQ crackdown on 10–12
history of 5
Japanese politics and ix, 8–9, 10–11, 71, 73, 75–8, 103, 156–61, 215, 253, 254–5, 258
Japanese–US relations and 2–3, 260–3
Koreans involved in x, 19, 20, 35, 37, 49, 68, 73, 87, 88, 92, 107, 115, 210–11; see also Tosei-kai
in 1960s economic boom 83, 100–1
number of members of 11, 82–3, 105
revenues taken in by 112–13
trouble between Americans and 120–1
US activities of 157–8, 175–7, 209–11, 217–18
US ties to 6, 8–9, 11–12
various names for x, 9, 70
see also yakuza
United States
Japanese criminal activities in 157–8, 175–7, 209–11, 217–18
Japanese economic activity in 233, 255, 258–9
1980s Japan compared with 193, 194
Universal-MCA 233
Upper House, Japanese 264
Vickers 11
Vietnam War 168
Voice of America (VOA) 31
wa (harmony) 82, 131, 147, 199
Waikiki 180
Wakasa, Tokuji 180
Wakon-Yoshi 183
Wall Street x, 27
‘Wash Blood with Blood’ (yakuza motto) 83
Watergate scandal 173, 174, 175, 179
Weekly Yomiuri (magazine) 182
Western Ammunition 60
West Tsusho 217–18
White Landrace hogs 202
White Russians 17, 22, 37, 201
Widmark, Richard 85, 101
wiretapping 25, 190
women, Japanese:
ideal 160
social role of 23, 135
Wong, ‘Crazy’ 218–25, 226, 247, 248, 249, 251–2
World War II ix, 1, 3–4, 8–9, 14, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 35, 243
Japanese surrender in 2, 5
wrestling x, 38–47, 67, 74–5, 79, 88, 89–91
anti-American sentiment expressed through 39–47, 74
first Japanese star in see Rikidozan
governing body of see Japan Professional Wrestling Association
‘rules’ of 44
television industry boosted by 39, 40, 41, 67, 74
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see also sumo
Wright, Frank Lloyd 47
Wu, Sam 63–5
yakiniku-ya 106
yakuza 37, 70
civil disputes ‘settled’ by 147–8
drug trade and 190–1
keizai 204–11, 214–15, 218, 245, 257, 259
meaning of term 9
motto of 83
movies about 114
self-amputation of pinkies by 114–15, 205
self-image of 76–7
status in 203
Yakuza (film) 114
‘Yakuza Express’ 209
‘Yakuza recession’ 256
Yamaguchi-gumi 96, 106, 205, 258, 263
Yamaichi Securities 216, 257
Yamate Line 4
Yami Shakai (newspaper) x
yasahii 155
Yasuda 196
Yawata Steel 12
yen 8, 21
exchange rates of 17–18, 187, 193–4
postwar ban on reconversion of 8, 32
Yep, Chester 142
Yokohama 1, 5, 12, 25, 76, 83, 113
Yokoi, Hideki 69, 148–9, 244
Yokosuka 76, 83
Yokota Air Force Base 81
Yokota Nicola’s 81–2, 112, 137, 236
Yomiuri Shimbun 163
Yoshida, Shigeru 33
Yoshida cabinet 58
You Only Live Twice (film) 99
Yozawa River Project 126–30
Yuskoff, Leo 17, 22, 38
zaibatsu 27, 28, 29, 45, 72, 196, 215
Zaimoku 109
Zappetti, Nicola 106, 108, 109, 122–23, 125–36, 181–82, 183, 185, 186–87, 204, 205, 235, 297
ailments and heart attacks of 220, 226, 227–31, 251
anti-Japanese resentment of 195, 239–45, 248–9
background of 13–14
‘black rider’ vision of 227
custody of children awarded to 133–4
dairy farm of 111–12
death and funeral of 251
debauched lifestyle led by 15–16, 112, 131–2
deportation and return of 15–16
drug arrest of 190
embittered final years of 220–52
employees’ relationship with 184–5
final visit to Hokkaido made by 249–50
financial ups and downs of 101, 132, 140–6, 149–54, 236, 244, 246, 249
first black market dealings of 13, 14–15
first marriage of 14, 54, 133–4
first restaurant opened by see Nicola’s
Fujita’s lawsuit brought against 184, 186–7, 201, 226
gold scam and 218–25
hog farm of 201–4
homes of 15, 111, 143, 247
Imperial Hotel diamond robbery and 47–50
Japanese citizenship of 182–4, 187–9
Japanese language and 132, 182, 187–8
Japanese name of 188, 189
at kabu game 79–81
Lansco black market operation and 13, 17–22, 36–8
last near-fistfight of 241
lawsuit over Hokkaido farmland of 187, 201, 226, 247
as ‘Mafia boss of Tokyo’ 80–4, 87, 108–12, 113, 117, 119, 132, 146
mink farm of 136, 141
Nihon Kotsu’s lawsuit against 144–6, 149–54, 184, 187, 226, 228, 232, 235, 236, 247, 249, 265–6
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