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Tokyo Underworld

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by Robert Whiting

Emerging Japanese Superstate, The (Kahn) 153

  employee-employer relationships 184–6

  Encyclopaedia Americana 186

  Encyclopaedia Britannica 122

  espionage, industrial x, 103–5, 158

  eta (outcasts) 4

  extortion, corporate 69, 83, 107, 110, 191, 205–7, 257–9

  F-1 pigs 202

  face, saving of 54, 55, 161, 185

  Farmers Association 112

  FEC-230 28–9

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 118, 189, 209–10, 259

  Feudal Lord, Court of the 148

  Finance Ministry (MOF), Japanese 125, 135–6, 211, 212, 254, 259

  1st Cavalry, US 62

  First National City Bank 142

  Flow Back Technology clause 159

  fly-casting 126–9

  Ford, Gerald 175

  Ford, Henry 78, 213

  Ford, John 32

  Forrestal, James V. 27

  Franco and Roberto (scam artists) 218–22

  FTC 256–7

  Fuchu Prison 56, 207–8

  Fujisawa 15, 137, 251

  Fujita (ex-employee of Zappetti) 184, 186–7, 201, 226

  Fujitsu 120

  Fukuda, Taro 178

  Funabashi 7

  furyo gaijin 56–7

  G-2 intelligence 29, 72, 73

  G-5 nations 193

  gaijin 19, 34, 43–4, 45–6, 56–8, 86, 112, 115, 117, 118, 132, 137, 156, 158, 183, 186–7, 231, 242, 247, 252, 255, 261

  gambling 2, 4, 19, 34–6, 69, 156, 157, 158, 176, 177, 180, 191, 208, 210, 261, 262

  gang badges 69, 76, 105

  Gardner, Ava 101

  Gayn, Mark 9

  Geesink, Anton 116

  ‘geisha house’ 6, 14, 63, 79, 103

  General Electric 28, 33, 260

  General Headquarters (GHQ) 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21–2, 24–5, 26, 29, 38, 47, 72, 90

  Civil Property Custodian Section 14–15, 17

  Government Section 10

  Zappetti’s work for 14, 16

  ‘gifts’ Japanese custom of 11, 202–3, 237

  Gino’s restaurant 266

  Ginza 1, 8, 9, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 22, 33, 35, 37, 49, 61, 64, 68–9, 75, 83, 90, 96, 100, 105–6, 113, 121, 162, 182, 210, 220, 233, 250

  Ginza Keisatsu 19

  Ginza Mitsukoshi Department Store 8

  Ginza Nippo 69

  GIs in Japan 4, 5–9, 19, 21, 26, 38, 58, 62, 69, 73, 128, 129–30

  gokudo 9

  Golden Triangle 113, 189, 190, 191

  Goldfinger 90

  gold scam 218–25

  gold standard 18

  golf courses 210, 211, 213–17, 248, 256

  Grapes of Wrath, The (film) 32

  Great Britain 28, 32

  Greater Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere 88

  Gregorian calendar 187

  Grolier International 186

  Gross National Product (GNP), Japanese 23, 108, 199

  Grumman 104–5, 160, 161

  gumballs 13, 19–21

  gurentai 69

  Hachisuka, Duke 148

  Hakodate 203

  Hamada, Koichi 157–8, 176–7, 214

  Hamada, Zenya 213

  Hamburger Inn 63, 94

  ‘hammer’ 224–5

  hanafuda (flower cards) 79

  Hannelore, Maria Sojka 158

  Hardy Barracks 62–3, 67

  Hashimoto, Ryutaro 235, 257

  Hawaii 35, 90, 143, 157, 169, 180, 184, 189, 191, 205, 209, 210, 232, 233, 234, 250, 253, 258, 262

  Heiwa Sogo Bank 215–16

  Higa family 145

  Higher Court, Japanese 147, 246–7

  Hikari Wa Shinjuku Yori 2

  Hilton International 151

  Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 24, 66, 187

  Hitachi 130, 240

  hog industry 201–4

  Hokkaido 37, 136, 186, 241, 260

  lawsuit over Zappetti’s land on 187, 201, 226, 247

  Zappetti’s farms on 111–12, 143, 145, 186, 201–4

  Zappetti’s last trip to 248–9

  Hokusho Sangyo 214–15, 217–18

  Hollings, Ernest 248

  Honda 124–5

  Honolulu 91, 109, 190–1, 209, 210, 211

  Honshu 253

  Hooker Alley 7

  Hope, Bob 213–14

  horse racing 156

  Hosokawa, Morihiro 254

  host clubs 138–9

  hostess clubs 101–4, 106, 109, 160, 209

  Hotel New York 21, 38, 46, 48, 53, 60

  Hotel Okura 101, 170, 213, 217, 219

  Household Equipment Manufacturers Association 123, 126

  House of Councilors, Japanese 182

  House of Representatives, US 164

  Hughes, Howard 158

  I am a Korean (Rikidozan) 264

  Ibis Hotel 235

  IBM 120, 240

  ie (family) system 23

  Ii Ojosan Tesuto (Nice Girl Test) 137

  Ikeda, ‘Killer’ 84–7, 251

  Ikegami Honmonji Temple and Cemetery 98, 208–9

  Imperial Army, Japanese 8, 24, 34–5, 37, 62, 71, 90

  Imperial Court hat 87–8

  Imperial Hotel diamond robbery 47–50, 56–8, 61

  Imperial Military Headquarters 5

  Imperial University 25, 28

  importing, parallel 111, 121

  Inagawa, Kakuji 157

  Inagawa-kai 76, 83, 96, 157, 180, 205, 214, 215, 217, 218, 246, 263

  inchiki gaijin resura 44

  Indonesia 72

  industrial espionage x, 103–5, 160

  Ino, Kenji 4–5

  Inoki, Kanji ‘Antonio’ 264–5

  insider trading 113, 142, 194

  intelligence community 31–2, 77, 95

  interest rates 113, 194, 245

  International Catholic Hospital 52

  International News Service 8, 52

  International Nickel 33

  International Palace 7

  ‘investment companies’ 210

  Invisible Empire x

  Irene’s restaurant 61, 94

  Iriomote Wild Cat 260

  Isaka, Shigaki 216

  Ishihara, Shintaro 67, 233, 248

  Ishii, Susumu 157, 180, 214–15, 245, 253

  Ishikawaharimajima 32

  Iwama Golf Course 216

  Izanagi Boom 100

  Japan

  anti-Korean attitudes expressed in 87–8

  Bush in 239

  culture of corruption in 11, 59, 159, 169–73, 180, 199, 254–7

  Eisenhower’s canceled visit to 75–6

  ethics in 155

  GIs 1–9, 19, 21, 26, 38, 58, 62, 69, 73, 128, 129–30

  isolationist view of 183

  legacy of US Occupation of 26–30

  number of US expatriates living in ix

  postwar constitution of ix, 5, 51

  racial and cultural background of 87–8

  Reagan in 243

  South Korea’s treaty with 77–8

  superior self-image of 194–5

  US corporate adaptation to 195–6

  White Russians living in 17

  see also economy, Japanese; Japanese–US relations; underworld, Japanese

  Japan Air Lines 168, 209

  Japan Defense Agency 104–5

  ‘Japanese juggernaut’ 193, 255

  Japanese Nationalist Law 182–3

  Japanese National Police 192

  Japanese–US relations ix–x

  anti-US feelings expressed in 243–4, 259

  criminal underworld involvement in 2–3, 260–3

  economic vs political considerations in 119–21

  history of ix–x

  Japanese politics and x, 3, 23, 156–61, 169–74

  Mutual Security Treaty and 31, 75–8, 159, 214

  post-Occupation incidents in 31–2

  postwar Occupation 5–12, 23–30, 31–2, 34, 38, 43
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  professional wrestling and 39–47

  South Korea and 73

  trade balance and 153, 156, 159, 169, 193, 196–8

  Japan Harbor Transportation Association 258

  ‘Japan Inc.’ 101

  Japan Lobby 27–8, 29

  Japan Professional Wrestling Association (JPWA) 67, 71, 74–5, 93, 179, 188

  Japan Public Relations 168

  Japan Real Estate Bank 174

  Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) 159, 168

  Japan Sumo Association 188–9

  Japan That Can Say No, The (Ishihara) 67, 233

  jimmyaku (business connections) 125

  Jinbutsu Orai 57

  Jiyu-Minshu-To 72

  Jojima, Kenji 263

  jonokin 208

  jusen 245, 256, 265

  Justice Department, US 177

  Justice Ministry, Japanese 182–3

  kabu (card game) 78–80

  Kades, Charles 10, 70

  Kahn, Herman 153

  Kamakura 109

  Kaminaga, Akio 116

  Kampu Ferry Line 164, 168

  Kaneko (gang member) 84, 115

  Kanemaru, Shin 215, 253

  kanji 188

  Kanto earthquake 47

  Kanto Ozu gumi 1, 2

  katei saiban (family court) 134

  Katsu, Shintaro 191

  Kauffman, James Lee 28–9, 33

  Kawasaki 1

  keizai yakuza (financial gangsters) 204–25, 245, 257–9

  Kempeitai (secret police) 24

  Kennedy, Paul 195

  Kentucky Fried Chicken 197, 266

  Kern, Harry 160–1

  KGB 38, 95

  Killers, The (film) 114

  Kim Il Sung 93

  Kimura, Masahiko 39, 40

  Kishi, Nobusuke 71, 75, 160–1, 215–16

  kissaten 62

  Kissinger, Henry 176, 177

  Kiss of Death 85

  Knowland, William 28

  Kobayashi, ‘Farmer Brown’ 201

  Kobayashi, Kusuo 84, 206, 208, 211, 215

  Kobayashi-kai 84, 207

  Kobe 17, 96, 106, 205, 250

  Kodama, Yoshio 71–8, 87, 92, 157, 188, 207, 214, 216, 257

  attempted assassination of 182

  corporate extortion and 103–5

  criminal and political background of 35, 71–3

  death of 175, 180

  Eisenhower visit and 76

  Lockheed and 105, 168–70, 173, 174–80, 182

  political activities of 71–3, 75–6, 77–8

  professional wrestling and 71–4, 87, 92, 96

  as TSK.CCC Terminal director general 168

  Koike, Ryuichi 257–8

  Koizumi, Yae 187, 235

  background of 134

  divorce settlement won by 137–8, 140

  Nicola’s branches owned by 137, 235, 237–8

  wealth of 140, 141, 238

  Zappetti’s first marriage to 134–5

  Zappetti’s relationship with 140–1, 144, 237–9

  Zappetti’s second marriage to 187, 234

  Koku 120

  Kokugikan 89

  kokutai 88

  Kondo, Machiko 45, 134

  Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of (North Korea) 73, 87, 91, 93, 97, 98, 264–5

  Korea, Japan’s historical relations with 101–2

  Korea, Republic of (South Korea) 87–9, 92, 93, 164, 168, 182, 189

  Japan’s treaty with 77–8

  ‘Koreagate’ 182

  Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) 77, 182

  Korean War 20, 21, 38, 73

  Kosuge Detention Center 51–2

  Kotchian, Carl 169, 172–3, 178

  Koyanagi, Sampei 217

  kozo oshoku 59

  Kualahula, Jesse 188–9

  kumi 208

  Lansco black market operation 13, 17–22, 36–8

  Las Vegas, Nev. 35, 102, 157, 176, 210, 258, 261

  Las Vegas Mirage Hilton 210

  Latin Quarter nightclub 35, 49, 55, 63, 72, 95, 101, 103, 208

  lawyers 147–50, 228–9

  Lee, Doris 56

  Legal Training and Research Institute 149

  Lend Lease program 243

  Le Patio restaurant 235

  Lewin, Ted 34–6, 38, 49, 72

  Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Japanese 72, 74, 75, 77, 78, 92, 98, 113, 157, 161, 170, 171, 179, 182, 200, 207, 212, 213, 215, 253, 254

  CIA funding of 72, 74, 98, 156

  Eisenhower’s canceled Japan visit and 75–6

  favorite bordello of 158

  formation of 72

  in 1990s scandals 253–4

  Tanaka’s purchase of presidency of 172

  underworld money given to 76, 215–16

  Liberia 262

  Liberty ships 243

  life expectancy 194

  lighter flints 14

  literacy rates 194

  Lockheed x, 12, 104–5, 158, 160, 189

  Nixon’s rescue of 169–70, 176

  in political bribery scandal 168–81

  Lockheed F-104 Starfighter 104–5, 160

  Lockheed Orion P3C antisubmarine patrol plane 177, 180

  Lockheed Tri-Star 168–70, 177, 180

  Long Beach Veterans Mental Hospital 46, 48

  Los Angeles, Calif.85, 163, 176, 210, 258, 259, 262, 263–4

  Los Angeles Dodgers 294

  Los Angeles Police Department 259, 262

  Luchese, Gaetano ‘Three Finger Brown’ 13

  Lucky Dragon radiation incident 31

  ‘M’, ‘Mambo Kid’ (thief) 49, 50, 53, 57

  MacArthur, Douglas 5–6, 25, 26, 28

  MacArthur, Douglas, II 76

  McCloy, John J. 27

  McDonald’s 197

  McDonnell-Douglas 104, 160, 175

  McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 170

  McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom 168

  MacFarland, John, III ‘Gorgeous Mac’ 43, 44–55

  Machii, Hisayuki 68–9, 71, 73–4, 75, 77–8, 82, 84, 85, 87, 92, 105–6, 174, 262

  background of 72–3, 88

  businesses owned by 106–7

  decline of 181–2, 250

  pinkie self-amputation of 114–15

  quarrels between foreigners and 115–17

  TSK.CCC Terminal and 162–9

  Mafia in US 87, 108, 200, 216, 251

  Maheu, Bob 158

  Mainichi Shimbun 262–3

  ‘Mama Cherry’ (nightclub owner) 103

  Manchuria 24

  Manila 34, 49, 55, 101, 119, 156

  Mansfield, Mike 189

  manufacturing 32, 193–4, 198

  Marine Air Group 44 6, 14

  Marshall Islands 31, 262

  Marubeni Corporation 169, 173

  Marunouchi district 1

  Marunouchi jail 53

  Marvin, Lee 114

  Masabuchi, Shichiro 49, 50

  Matsubara (gang captain) 70, 115, 116–17, 250

  Matsuo, Raizo 161

  Matsushita 75

  Matsushita Electric 123

  Maurice (judoist) 115–16, 163

  ‘mediation fees’ 108, 200

  Meiji Revolution 4, 68, 76, 88, 147, 183

  Merck 60

  methamphetamines 69, 114, 189, 262

  Metropolitan Police Board 3

  Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) 12, 15, 19, 50, 57, 78, 118, 252, 262

  Mikado cabaret 102

  military payment certificates (MPCs) 21, 37

  Mimatsu cabaret 8

  Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japanese (MITI) 104, 123, 124, 125, 135–6, 170, 258

  mink farm 136, 141

  MI6 95

  Missouri, USS 5

  Mitsubishi 92, 136, 196, 197, 235

  Mitsubishi Faitoman Awa 42–3, 67

  Mitsubishi Group 172

  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 32

  Mitsubishi Shoji 28

  Mitsui (Roberts) 17
5

  Mitsui Bussan 11, 28, 103, 136, 196

  Miyashiro, Tomonao 206–7

  Miyazawa, Kiichi 239

  Miyoko (Zappetti’s third wife) 136–40, 186, 248–9

  Mizuno, Ken 210–11, 258–9

  Momota, Mitsuhiro 89, 91, 98

  Mondale, Walter 254

  money laundering 19, 176, 192, 209–10, 211, 258, 259, 262

  moneylenders 141–3, 150

  Moneyline 206–7

  ‘money politics’ 172

  Mongoloid racial group 87

  Morgan family 27

  Morgan Stanley 255

  Mortimer, Lee 87, 113

  Moti restaurant chain 249

  Motorola 198

  movies 205

  of Noboru Ando 121–2, 149

  State Department ban on 24

  about yakuza 114

  Mueller, Robert 189

  Murata, Katushi 207–9

  Rikidozan killed by 96–8, 207

  Murphy, Brenden 266

  Mutual Security Treaty (1952) 31, 75–8, 159, 214

  Nakasone, Yasuhiro 74–5, 171, 179, 188, 207, 233

  Naoki, Inose 181

  National Fish and Game Association 127

  National Police Agency 82

  National Tax Office 33, 108, 140, 156

  National Yoyogi Sport Center 99

  NEC 120

  Nemoto, Naoko ‘Dewi’ 103

  netsuke 131

  New Latin Quarter nightclub 95, 101–3, 208

  Newsweek 27, 160

  New York, NY x, 13, 54, 84, 87, 158, 159, 197, 200, 211, 216, 217, 233, 243, 244, 251, 256, 260

  Japanese businessmen in 197–8

  Japanese economic activity in 242, 256, 258

  New York Daily Mirror 87

  New York Herald Tribune 8

  New York Times 8, 105

  NHK 40, 45, 264

  Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist sect 245–6

  Nicklaus, Jack 214

  Nicola Enterprises 143–4, 151

  Nicola’s 60–71, 109–10, 113, 164, 200, 266

  black market as supply source for 110

  clientele of 64–71, 81, 82, 101, 113, 114, 156, 181, 204, 220, 235, 237, 243, 260

  competition of 80–1, 235, 246

  decline and sale of 246, 249

  decor of 64, 238, 244

  early success of 64–7

  financing of 61–2

  gang trouble and 70–1, 81, 82, 84–6, 113

  initial need for 64

  Koizumi’s branches of 137, 235, 237–8

  locations of 62–4, 101

  logo of 113

  Nihon Kotsu’s lawsuit over control of 146–50, 151–4, 184, 187, 226–7, 228, 232, 247

  opening of 64

  reimbursement paid to Zappetti for 109

  reopening of 265–6

  Roppongi Crossing branch of 143, 145, 149, 151, 232, 235–9, 266

  theft by staff of 155

  Wu and 63–5

  Yokota branch of 81–2, 112, 137, 236

  Nihonbashi 1

  Nihon Kezai Shimbun 178

  Nihon Kotsu (Japan Transport) 144–6, 149–54, 184, 187, 226, 228, 232, 235, 236, 247, 249, 265–6

  Nita, Shinsasku 90

  Nikkei Stock Index 244, 255, 257

 

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