{"id":23600,"date":"2012-02-15T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=23600"},"modified":"2012-02-15T14:05:17","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T18:05:17","slug":"justins-japan-robert-whiting-brings-tokyo-underworld-to-japan-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/15\/justins-japan-robert-whiting-brings-tokyo-underworld-to-japan-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin’s Japan: Robert Whiting Brings \u2018Tokyo Underworld\u2019 to Japan Society"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tokyo Underworld 2012: An Evening with Robert Whiting will be held Feb. 16 at Japan Society. Continue reading on Examiner.com Robert Whiting brings \u2018Tokyo Underworld\u2019 to Japan Society. (Courtesy of Japan Society)<\/p><\/div>\n

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By<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>JQ magazine<\/em><\/strong><\/a> editor <\/strong><\/em>Justin Tedaldi<\/em><\/a> <\/strong>(CIR Kobe-shi<\/a>, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page here<\/a> for related stories.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Japan Society<\/a> of New York becomes your gateway to the seamy side of Japan on Feb. 16 with Tokyo Underworld 2012: An Evening with Robert Whiting<\/a>. At this special appearance, the celebrated author will discuss the intractable role of yakuza in virtually all areas of modern day society in Japan. (It also echoes a 2011 Japan Society lecture<\/a> by crime expert and Tokyo Vice<\/em> author Jake Adelstein<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Whiting first came to Japan with U.S. Air Force intelligence in 1962, where he was assigned to work for the National Security Agency<\/a> in the U-2 program. He graduated from Tokyo’s Sophia University<\/a> in 1969 with a degree in Japanese politics. His research into the ties binding Japan\u2019s leading politicians to Yakuza<\/a> bosses gained him entr\u00e9e into the Higashi Nakano<\/a> wing of Tokyo\u2019s largest criminal gang, the Sumiyoshi-kai<\/a>, where he became an \u201cinformal advisor.\u201d He worked for Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a> Japan as an editor until 1972, whereupon he moved to New York City and wrote his first book, The Chrysanthemum and the Bat<\/em>. He later worked for Time-Life<\/a> in Tokyo for a year before becoming a professional author.<\/p>\n

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