[Semaphor]

Thought the name seems familiar: Jake Adelstein got his 2009 memoir Tokyo Vice turned into a (fun to watch, apparently very dramatized, though that was already criticized for the memoirs) 2 season HBO series in 2022.

[trashcan2137]

The newspaper he apparently worked in stated that he was never part of the reporting teams for organized crime and had written only a very few articles about the yakuza during his time there.

He got called out several times about his stories so I wouldn't be surprised if he's making stuff up again.

[Semaphor]

> He got called out several times

Good point, WP [0] has some details, looks like pretty credible call outs.

I did read about that when I watched the show, but proceeded to forget because I didn’t actually care that much ;)

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Adelstein#Career

[rwmj]

The book is far more interesting than the drama. In fact I'd go so far to say that the drama has really nothing much to do with the book besides the title and some superficial characters.