After the 3.11 Earthquake, and the rise of Abe politics, censorship in Japan is changing. In the search of truth, Adelstein analyses the Japanese mass-media, and journalism.

In search of truth - Truth, as seen by an American journalist

Jake is a Missouri born Jewish American. In 1992 he worked as a reporter for the first Yomiuri Shimbun made for foreigners. His book, “Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter On The Police Beat in Japan” is scheduled to be adapted to film starring Daniel Radcliffe. His motto as a journalist is to “discover the truth”, and his second book in which he writes about the Japanese Yakuza has nearly completed.

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