The Dark Side: Infamous Japanese Crimes and Criminals

This is a collection of vivid accounts of the most notorious criminals and criminal acts to shake modern Japanese society. Read about sleazy samurai and subway sarin attacks and rub shoulders with anarchists, informers and femme fatales. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-14-2002; What You Won't Find Through Japan Travel Bureau; In a country where life is generally so ordered it often appears as atrophied as a bonsai, when individual citizens go astray, they frequently go astray with a passion and conviction as dedicated to their crime as their neighbors are to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-12-2002; schreiber does it again; Schreiber's first book, Shocking Crimes of Postwar Japan, was not only as gripping a read as anything penned by Ann Rule or Jack Olsen, it served as an excellent corrective to the widespread notion of Japan as a society free of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-29-2002; Two Books in One; The Dark Side is a great book for two reasons. First, it's a good introduction to the history of crime, crime prevention, and criminal justice in Japan that stretches over 400 years. Though it's not a scholarly book, Schreiber's facts...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-17-2002; A captivating look at crimes and criminals in Japan; This book delivers handsomely on its promise to take a reader on an entertaining romp through the dark side of Japanese society. This book's got it all-sex, death, murder, gore, pathos, ingenuity, stupidity, greed, and even moments of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-14-2002; What You Won't Find Through Japan Travel Bureau; In a country where life is generally so ordered it often appears as atrophied as a bonsai, when individual citizens go astray, they frequently go astray with a passion and conviction as dedicated to their crime as their neighbors are to...; read full review | report as inappropriate