Tokyo Underworld
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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
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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