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Domino’s Pizza
145
,
236
,
246
,
266

Dow Chemical
33

Draper, William H.
27

Drug Enforcement Agency, US
190–1

drug trade
189–92
,
195
,
209
,
261

Dulles, John Foster
33
,
73

Dunston, Ray
21
,
38

Du Pont
60

‘Eastern Establishment Nexus’
175

East Harlem
13
,
87
,
132
,
150

economy, Japanese
ix
,
x
,
4
,
5
,
9
,
20
,
27
,
33
,
65
,
70–2
,
83
,
87
,
99–130
,
137
,
153
,
191
,
193–200
,
204
,
244–5
,
246
,
255–6

beginnings of recovery of
32–3

foreign-owned corporations and
60–1

1960s boom in
100

1970s growth of
181

1980s global expansion of
193–5

1990s bust in
244–6
,
255–6

Occupation and
23–30

protectionism and
110
,
119–24
,
196–7
,
198

transfer of wealth to
194

underworld growth fostered by boom in
82–3
,
100–4

education
194

8th Army, US
16

Procurement Office
8

Eisenhower, Dwight D.
75–6

Embassy, US
25
,
32
,
76
,
188
,
195

Emerging Japanese Superstate, The
(Kahn)
153

employee-employer relationships
184–6

Encyclopaedia Americana
186

Encyclopaedia Britannica
122

espionage, industrial
x
,
103–5
,
158

eta
(outcasts)
4

extortion, corporate
69
,
83
,
107
,
110
,
191
,
205–7
,
257–9

F-1 pigs
202

face, saving of
54
,
55
,
161
,
185

Farmers Association
112

FEC-230
28–9

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
118
,
189
,
209–10
,
259

Feudal Lord, Court of the
148

Finance Ministry (MOF), Japanese
125
,
135–6
,
211
,
212
,
254
,
259

1st Cavalry, US
62

First National City Bank
142

Flow Back Technology clause
159

fly-casting
126–9

Ford, Gerald
175

Ford, Henry
78
,
213

Ford, John
32

Forrestal, James V.
27

Franco and Roberto (scam artists)
218–22

FTC
256–7

Fuchu Prison
56
,
207–8

Fujisawa
15
,
137
,
251

Fujita (ex-employee of Zappetti)
184
,
186–7
,
201
,
226

Fujitsu
120

Fukuda, Taro
178

Funabashi
7

furyo gaijin
56–7

G-2 intelligence
29
,
72
,
73

G-5 nations
193

gaijin
19
,
34
,
43–4
,
45–6
,
56–8
,
86
,
112
,
115
,
117
,
118
,
132
,
137
,
156
,
158
,
183
,
186–7
,
231
,
242
,
247
,
252
,
255
,
261

gambling
2
,
4
,
19
,
34–6
,
69
,
156
,
157
,
158
,
176
,
177
,
180
,
191
,
208
,
210
,
261
,
262

gang badges
69
,
76
,
105

Gardner, Ava
101

Gayn, Mark
9

Geesink, Anton
116

‘geisha house’
6
,
14
,
63
,
79
,
103

General Electric
28
,
33
,
260

General Headquarters (GHQ)
5
,
7
,
8
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
14
,
15
,
16
,
19
,
21–2
,
24–5
,
26
,
29
,
38
,
47
,
72
,
90

Civil Property Custodian Section
14–15
,
17

Government Section
10

Zappetti’s work for
14
,
16

‘gifts’ Japanese custom of
11
,
202–3
,
237

Gino’s restaurant
266

Ginza
1
,
8
,
9
,
13
,
14
,
17
,
19
,
20
,
22
,
33
,
35
,
37
,
49
,
61
,
64
,
68–9
,
75
,
83
,
90
,
96
,
100
,
105–6
,
113
,
121
,
162
,
182
,
210
,
220
,
233
,
250

Ginza Keisatsu
19

Ginza Mitsukoshi Department Store
8

Ginza Nippo
69

GIs in Japan
4
,
5–9
,
19
,
21
,
26
,
38
,
58
,
62
,
69
,
73
,
128
,
129–30

gokudo
9

Golden Triangle
113
,
189
,
190
,
191

Goldfinger
90

gold scam
218–25

gold standard
18

golf courses
210
,
211
,
213–17
,
248
,
256

Grapes of Wrath, The
(film)
32

Great Britain
28
,
32

Greater Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
88

Gregorian calendar
187

Grolier International
186

Gross National Product (GNP), Japanese
23
,
108
,
199

Grumman
104–5
,
160
,
161

gumballs
13
,
19–21

gurentai
69

Hachisuka, Duke
148

Hakodate
203

Hamada, Koichi
157–8
,
176–7
,
214

Hamada, Zenya
213

Hamburger Inn
63
,
94

‘hammer’
224–5

hanafuda
(flower cards)
79

Hannelore, Maria Sojka
158

Hardy Barracks
62–3
,
67

Hashimoto, Ryutaro
235
,
257

Hawaii
35
,
90
,
143
,
157
,
169
,
180
,
184
,
189
,
191
,
205
,
209
,
210
,
232
,
233
,
234
,
250
,
253
,
258
,
262

Heiwa Sogo Bank
215–16

Higa family
145

Higher Court, Japanese
147
,
246–7

Hikari Wa Shinjuku Yori
2

Hilton International
151

Hirohito, Emperor of Japan
24
,
66
,
187

Hitachi
130
,
240

hog industry
201–4

Hokkaido
37
,
136
,
186
,
241
,
260

lawsuit over Zappetti’s land on
187
,
201
,
226
,
247

Zappetti’s farms on
111–12
,
143
,
145
,
186
,
201–4

Zappetti’s last trip to
248–9

Hokusho Sangyo
214–15
,
217–18

Hollings, Ernest
248

Honda
124–5

Honolulu
91
,
109
,
190–1
,
209
,
210
,
211

Honshu
253

Hooker Alley
7

Hope, Bob
213–14

horse racing
156

Hosokawa, Morihiro
254

host clubs
138–9

hostess clubs
101–4
,
106
,
109
,
160
,
209

Hotel New York
21
,
38
,
46
,
48
,
53
,
60

Hotel Okura
101
,
170
,
213
,
217
,
219

Household Equipment Manufacturers Association
123
,
126

House of Councilors, Japanese
182

House of Representatives, US
164

Hughes, Howard
158

I am a Korean
(Rikidozan)
264

Ibis Hotel
235

IBM
120
,
240

ie
(family) system
23

Ii Ojosan Tesuto
(Nice Girl Test)
137

Ikeda, ‘Killer’
84–7
,
251

Ikegami Honmonji Temple and Cemetery
98
,
208–9

Imperial Army, Japanese
8
,
24
,
34–5
,
37
,
62
,
71
,
90

Imperial Court hat
87–8

Imperial Hotel diamond robbery
47–50
,
56–8
,
61

Imperial Military Headquarters
5

Imperial University
25
,
28

importing, parallel
111
,
121

Inagawa, Kakuji
157

Inagawa-kai
76
,
83
,
96
,
157
,
180
,
205
,
214
,
215
,
217
,
218
,
246
,
263

inchiki gaijin resura
44

Indonesia
72

industrial espionage
x
,
103–5
,
160

Ino, Kenji
4–5

Inoki, Kanji ‘Antonio’
264–5

insider trading
113
,
142
,
194

intelligence community
31–2
,
77
,
95

interest rates
113
,
194
,
245

International Catholic Hospital
52

International News Service
8
,
52

International Nickel
33

International Palace
7

‘investment companies’
210

Invisible Empire
x

Irene’s restaurant
61
,
94

Iriomote Wild Cat
260

Isaka, Shigaki
216

Ishihara, Shintaro
67
,
233
,
248

Ishii, Susumu
157
,
180
,
214–15
,
245
,
253

Ishikawaharimajima
32

Iwama Golf Course
216

Izanagi Boom
100

Japan

anti-Korean attitudes expressed in
87–8

Bush in
239

culture of corruption in
11
,
59
,
159
,
169–73
,
180
,
199
,
254–7

Eisenhower’s canceled visit to
75–6

ethics in
155

GIs
1–9
,
19
,
21
,
26
,
38
,
58
,
62
,
69
,
73
,
128
,
129–30

isolationist view of
183

legacy of US Occupation of
26–30

number of US expatriates living in
ix

postwar constitution of
ix
,
5
,
51

racial and cultural background of
87–8

Reagan in
243

South Korea’s treaty with
77–8

superior self-image of
194–5

US corporate adaptation to
195–6

White Russians living in
17

see also
economy, Japanese; Japanese–US relations; underworld, Japanese

Japan Air Lines
168
,
209

Japan Defense Agency
104–5

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