Book Recommendations
I've remarked on this blog before how pointless it is to recommend books because no one has time to read all the books they want to as it is.

But sometimes you read a book so interesting you just can't help want to recommend it to others.
I'm just finishing up a fascinating book called Tokyo Underworld : The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan.

As the title indicates, the book is at least nominally about an American who became involved with the Japanese Mafia. This primary story is only somewhat interesting in itself, but the author cleverly uses it as a branching point to go onto several other side stories about the Japanese Mafia, which are really interesting.

In Japan, the Mafia is political affiliated with some of the right wing parties, so the book deals with issues such as the CIA and the Japanese Mafia, Richard Nixon and Prescott Bush and the Japanese Mafia, Lockheed weapons manufacturers and the Japanese Mafia, et cetera. Really interesting book, highly recommend.

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