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in 1950s
62–5
,
290–91

in 1960s
83–7

in 1970s
181–2

in 1980s
194

in 1990s
266–7

Ross, Kenneth
163
,
262

Royal Hawaiian Hotel
180

Russian–Japanese war
3

ryotei
103

Saffir, Leonard
52

Sagawa Kyubin
215
,
253

Sakata, Harold
90

sakazuki
76

sakurada-gumi
(undercover policemen)
114

Salomon Brothers
255

samurai
3
,
4
,
69
,
127
,
135
,
148

Sands Hotel
157
,
176

San Francisco Seals
90

Sanno Hotel
63

Sanyo
123

Sapporo
136
,
137
,
138
,
139
,
140
,
203
,
212
,
241
,
248

Sapporo Royal Hotel
136

Sato, Eisaku
160–1
,
169

SCAP (Supreme Commander of Allied Powers)
5
,
8
,
17–18
,
23–4
,
25
,
26
,
27
,
29
,
31
,
76

Schenley liquor distribution company
111

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
161
,
177
,
178

Securities and Exchange Law
254

Seidenstecker, Edward
261

‘self-reflection conferences’
184–5

Selleck, Tom
235

Senate, US
172
,
173
,
189
,
210
,
262

sensei
(teacher)
127

Seoul
72
,
73
,
78
,
92
,
106
,
211
,
262

Seryna restaurant
101
,
143

Sessions, William
189

Setagaya Trust Bank of Tokyo
141–2

Shakey’s pizza
236

Shane
(film)
32

Sharpe Brothers
39–40
,
42

Shattuck, Al
35
,
49
,
55–6

Shephard, Alan
213

Shimbashi district
4
,
6
,
15
,
94
,
131

Shimbashi Station
41

Shincho
163

Shinjuku district
1
,
76
,
83
,
162
,
211
,
250
,
262

Shinjuku Station
2
,
4

Shinto
39

shipbuilding
32
,
58

Shoda, Michiko
66

Shoji, Munenobu
217–18

Shoriki, Matsutaro
41

Showa calendar
187

Showa Denko
11
,
12

Shukan Gendai
103
,
257

Shukan Tokyo
70

Siemens
11–12

Silk Road nightclub
106

60 Minutes
206–7

slot machines
21
,
38

sobaya
62

Socialist Party, Japanese
75
,
105
,
182

sokaiya, see
corporate ‘security’ racketeer

Sony
32–3

‘Southwestern Money Nexus’
175

Soviet Embassy
22
,
62
,
63
,
86

Soviet Union
17
,
24
,
27
,
31
,
37
,
38

sports, corruption in
156

‘Sports-Peace Party’, Japanese
264

Standard Oil
28
,
33

Stars and Stripes, see Pacific Stars and Stripes

State Department, US
9
,
25
,
32
,
34
,
76
,
120

Stretch, Joe
13

sugar
20
,
21

Sukarno, President
72
,
103

Sullivan, Mike
116–17
,
250

Sumitomo Bank
196
,
215–16
,
256

Sumiyoshi-kai
19
,
68
,
83–4
,
90
,
96
,
98
,
146
,
182
,
204
,
206
,
207–8
,
211
,
215
,
259
,
262–3

sumo
39
,
40
,
68
,
88–90
,
93
,
156
,
188–9
,
236

Sumo Association
89
,
188–9

Sumo Hall of Fame and Museum
88–9

Sunday Mainichi
(newspaper)
57

Supreme Commander of Allied Powers (SCAP)
5
,
8
,
17–18
,
23–4
,
25
,
26
,
27
,
29
,
31
,
76

Supreme Court, Japanese
56
,
147
,
179–80
,
260

Surfrider Hotel
180

tabi
(Korean sock)
87–8

Tachibana, Takashi
177

Tachikawa Air Force Base
128
,
130

taishokin
(retirement bonus), Zappetti’s lawsuit over
184
,
186
,
226

Taiwan
189

Takeshita, Noboru
215
,
253

Tanaka, Junji
165–7

Tanaka, Kakuei
157
,
169
,
170–1
,
172
,
181
,
188
,
214
,
215

on bribery
170
,
173

death of
180

LDP presidency bought by
170–1

in Lockheed bribery scandal
169–70
,
175–6
,
177
,
178
,
180

political power of
179
,
180

resignation of
172

Tanashi gang
82

Tange, Kenzo
99

Tani (yakuza captain)
205–6

Tashiro, Hiroji
262–3

tatemae
and
honne
(principle and reality)
161–2
,
182

taxes
109
,
141–2
,
156
,
174
,
205

Teijin
12

tekiya
2
,
3
,
69
,
70
,
191

tekiya oyabun
76

television, wrestling and
39
,
41
,
75

Thesz, Lou
67

‘third nationals’
164

‘Third Order of the Sacred Treasure’
260

Tiffany Building
256

Toa Yuai Jigyo Kumiai
(East Asia Friendship Enterprises Association)
106
,
189
,
210–11
,
262–3

Tobacco Road
(film)
32

Toei Film Studios
114

Tojo cabinet
71

Tokko-keisatsu
(Thought Police)
29

Tokugawa Shogunate
4
,
11

Tokyo
142
,
209

annual metropolitan government budget of
108

crime rate in
36
,
58

diamond center of
220

in 1960s economic boom
100–1

1964 Olympic Games held in
93
,
95
,
99–100
,
105–8
,
116

in 1980s economic boom
193

post-Occupation
gaijin
in
34
,
46
,
57–8

postwar conditions in
1–2
,
5
,
7
,
12
,
31
,
33–4

Western food in
60–1
,
66
,
89
,
261
,
266

year-end corporate banquets in
33

see also specific districts

Tokyo Assembly
3

Tokyo Bar Association
163

Tokyo Detention House
190

Tokyo District Court
9
,
146–7
,
152
,
153
,
154
,
174
,
247
,
258

Tokyo Family Court
137
,
140

Tokyo High Court
176

Tokyo Hilton Hotel
151–3

Tokyo Metals Association
8

Tokyo Rising
(Seidenstecker)
261

Tokyo Sagawa Kyubin
253

Tokyo Shimbun
(newspaper)
93

Tokyo Sports
(newspaper)
74

Tokyo Stock Exchange
204

Tokyo Tower
214
,
261

Tokyo Weekender
(periodical)
163

Tokyu Corporation
216
,
236

Tokyu Hotel chain
151–3

Tokyu Railways
163

Tom’s nightclub
85–6
,
116–17
,
251

Tonichi Trading Company
72
,
103

Toranomon Hospital
230

Tosei-kai (Eastern Voice Society) (TSK)
19
,
20
,
35
,
68–9
,
70
,
74
,
114
,
115
,
117
,
121
,
162
,
163
,
164–7
,
168
,
174
,
181–2
,
189
,
214
,
250
,
262–3

Toshiba
28
,
260

Toyota
125–6
,
212

trade balance, Japan–US
153
,
156
,
159
,
169
,
193
,
196–8

Transportation Ministry, Japanese
170

Trans-World Airlines
151

Treasury Asset Forfeiture Fund, US
258–9

Trump, Donald
243–4

TSK.CCC Terminal
162–8
,
174
,
181

21 Club
217

U-2 reconnaissance plane
105
,
158

Uemura, Naoki
260

undercover policemen
114

Underground Economy
x
,
5
,
70–1
,
87
,
99–130

underworld, Japanese

codes of chivalry and honor in
3

construction industry and
3
,
156

first US-style ‘hit’ conducted by
69
,
148

gang turmoil in
82–3
,
181–2
,
258

generational changes in
69–70
,
114
,
204-7
,
250-1

GHQ crackdown on
10–12

history of
5

Japanese politics and
ix
,
8–9
,
10–11
,
71
,
73
,
75–8
,
103
,
156–61
,
215
,
253
,
254–5
,
258

Japanese–US relations and
2–3
,
260–3

Koreans involved in
x
,
19
,
20
,
35
,
37
,
49
,
68
,
73
,
87
,
88
,
92
,
107
,
115
,
210–11
;
see also
Tosei-kai

in 1960s economic boom
83
,
100–1

number of members of
11
,
82–3
,
105

revenues taken in by
112–13

trouble between Americans and
120–1

US activities of
157–8
,
175–7
,
209–11
,
217–18

US ties to
6
,
8–9
,
11–12

various names for
x
,
9
,
70

see also
yakuza

United States

Japanese criminal activities in
157–8
,
175–7
,
209–11
,
217–18

Japanese economic activity in
233
,
255
,
258–9

1980s Japan compared with
193
,
194

Universal-MCA
233

Upper House, Japanese
264

Vickers
11

Vietnam War
168

Voice of America (VOA)
31

wa
(harmony)
82
,
131
,
147
,
199

Waikiki
180

Wakasa, Tokuji
180

Wakon-Yoshi
183

Wall Street
x
,
27

‘Wash Blood with Blood’ (yakuza motto)
83

Watergate scandal
173
,
174
,
175
,
179

Weekly Yomiuri
(magazine)
182

Western Ammunition
60

West Tsusho
217–18

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