Tokyo Underworld (52 page)

Morgan Stanley
255

Mortimer, Lee
87
,
113

Moti restaurant chain
249

Motorola
198

movies
205

of Noboru Ando
121–2
,
149

State Department ban on
24

about yakuza
114

Mueller, Robert
189

Murata, Katushi
207–9

Rikidozan killed by
96–8
,
207

Murphy, Brenden
266

Mutual Security Treaty (1952)
31
,
75–8
,
159
,
214

Nakasone, Yasuhiro
74–5
,
171
,
179
,
188
,
207
,
233

Naoki, Inose
181

National Fish and Game Association
127

National Police Agency
82

National Tax Office
33
,
108
,
140
,
156

National Yoyogi Sport Center
99

NEC
120

Nemoto, Naoko ‘Dewi’
103

netsuke
131

New Latin Quarter nightclub
95
,
101–3
,
208

Newsweek
27
,
160

New York, NY
x
,
13
,
54
,
84
,
87
,
158
,
159
,
197
,
200
,
211
,
216
,
217
,
233
,
243
,
244
,
251
,
256
,
260

Japanese businessmen in
197–8

Japanese economic activity in
242
,
256
,
258

New York
Daily Mirror
87

New York
Herald Tribune
8

New York Times
8
,
105

NHK
40
,
45
,
264

Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist sect
245–6

Nicklaus, Jack
214

Nicola Enterprises
143–4
,
151

Nicola’s
60–71
,
109–10
,
113
,
164
,
200
,
266

black market as supply source for
110

clientele of
64–71
,
81
,
82
,
101
,
113
,
114
,
156
,
181
,
204
,
220
,
235
,
237
,
243
,
260

competition of
80–1
,
235
,
246

decline and sale of
246
,
249

decor of
64
,
238
,
244

early success of
64–7

financing of
61–2

gang trouble and
70–1
,
81
,
82
,
84–6
,
113

initial need for
64

Koizumi’s branches of
137
,
235
,
237–8

locations of
62–4
,
101

logo of
113

Nihon Kotsu’s lawsuit over control of
146–50
,
151–4
,
184
,
187
,
226–7
,
228
,
232
,
247

opening of
64

reimbursement paid to Zappetti for
109

reopening of
265–6

Roppongi Crossing branch of
143
,
145
,
149
,
151
,
232
,
235–9
,
266

theft by staff of
155

Wu and
63–5

Yokota branch of
81–2
,
112
,
137
,
236

Nihonbashi
1

Nihon Kezai Shimbun
178

Nihon Kotsu (Japan Transport)
144–6
,
149–54
,
184
,
187
,
226
,
228
,
232
,
235
,
236
,
247
,
249
,
265–6

Nita, Shinsasku
90

Nikkei Stock Index
244
,
255
,
257

Nikko Kaihatsu
151
,
216
,
245

Nippon Credit Bank
216

Nippon Ham
202
,
203–4

Nippon Telephone and Telegraph
171

Nissho Iwai
161

Nixon, Richard M.
18
,
103
,
157
,
169–70
,
175
,
176
,
179

Nomo, Hideo
263–4

Nomura, Akio
185
,
238

Nomura Hotel
6
,
7

Nomura Securities
108
,
216
,
245
,
253–4
,
258

North Kyushu
6

Northrop
104
,
160

NTV
40
,
41
,
42
,
75

Oahu
209

Obuchi, Keizo
253

Occupation Finance Office
14

o-chugen
237

oil
163–4
,
165
,
181
,
245

Okachimachi district
220–1
,
222
,
247

Olympic Games:

of 1940
15

of 1964
93
,
95
,
99–100
,
105–8
,
116
,
155
,
162
,
198–9

Omura Air Field
14

One-Eyed Jack casino
261

‘onlies’
21
,
38

Ono, Bamboku
74
,
75

‘open Japan’
198

opium
71

orei
(thank-you fee)
142

Oriental Exclusion Act
14

Ortega, Jesse
43

Osaka
94
,
114
,
190–1
,
198
,
256

Osano, Kenji
157
,
168–71
,
173
,
175
,
176–7
,
180
,
214

o-seibo
237

Ozu, Kinosuke
4
,
9
,
10
,
76

Ozu market
2
,
4
,
8
,
9

pachinko
36–7
,
68
,
100
,
132
,
250
,
263

Pacific Stars and Stripes
86
,
94
,
116

paipu
210

Palm Springs, Calif.
210

Pan-Asianism
164

parallel importing
111
,
121

Park Chung Hee
77
,
164

Park Tong Sun
182

Parliament, Japanese
see
Diet, Japanese

Pearce, Kenny
85
,
86

Pebble Beach Golf Course
210
,
233

Perry, Commodore Matthew
ix

Pharoah, The
262

Phillips, Jim
104–5

pinkies, self-amputation of
114–15
,
205

‘pink salons’
132

Pizza Hut
236

Pizza-la
266

pizza restaurants
143
,
145
,
236
,
246
,
265–6
see also
Nicola’s

‘pizza toast’
110

Playboy Club
164

Player, Gary
217

Plaza Accord (1985)
195
,
244
,
255

politics, political scandals, Japanese
59

aircraft industry and
103–5
,
159–61
,
168–74

construction industry and
199–200

corporate extortion and
257–9

criminal involvement in
ix
,
8–9
,
10–11
,
71
,
73
,
75–8
,
103
,
156–61
,
215
,
253
,
254–5
,
258

history of
10–11
,
35

Japanese culture and
11
,
59
,
156–9
,
171–5
,
180–1
,
253–4

US involvement in
x
,
23
,
156–61
,
169–74

Pollack, Sidney
114

Post, Telephone and Telegraph Ministry, Japanese
211–12

Potsdam Declaration (1945)
2
,
25

Prado, Perez
57

Prescott, Leo
80

prime minister, majority party presidentas
179

Pritzker Prize
99

privacy laws
192

Procter and Gamble
197

prostitution
26
,
36
,
69

by Caucasian women
158

GIs and
6–7
,
26
,
36
,
38
,
63

industrial espionage and
x
,
103–5
,
160

legal status of
158–9

revenues taken in by
26
,
158–9

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

puro-resu bumu
39

Pusan
164

Pyonyang
93
,
264

Quantum Access
217

racing
156

Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act (1970)
191–2

Ransburg, Ed
122–6

Ransburg Electrostatic Painting
122–6

Rao, Joe
13

RCA
33

Reader’s Digest
32
,
186

Reagan, Ronald
215–16

real estate
7
,
8
,
64
,
137
,
145
,
153
,
159
,
168
,
174
,
192
,
194
,
195
,
200
,
204
,
209
,
210
,
211
,
217
,
218
,
245
,
253
,
256
,
259

Recreation and Amusement Association (RAA)
6
,
7
,
101

Reverse Course
26–7

Rhee, Syngman
77

Ricketts, Al
64

right wing
3
,
20
,
71
,
74
,
76
,
215
,
243

Riki Apartments
67
,
134
,
208

Rikidozan
40–3
,
45
,
59
,
67–8
,
71
,
74
,
75
,
77
,
78
,
79–80
,
82
,
263–4

barroom demeanor of
68

businesses owned by
67

daughter of
93
,
264

death of
95–8
,
207
,
208–9

first professional wrestling matches of
39–42
,
90

Japanese name and citizenship of
87
,
88–9
,
91–3
,
98

as
kabu
dealer
79–80

Korean name of
87
,
88
,
92

Korean origins of
87
,
88–9
,
91–3
,
98
,
164
,
263–4

mental instability of
94–6

professional name of
91
,
92

as remembered figure
263–4

‘Riki effect’ and
45
,
59

size of
40

sumo career of
88–90

television wrestling show of
42
,
67

‘typhoons’ created by
81

underworld induction of
75

Zappetti aided by
80–1
,
82

Rio Bravo
(film)
240

Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, The
(Kennedy)
195

Rising Sun
(Crichton)
234

Riviera Club
34–5
,
233

Roa, Richard
165–7
,
243–4

Road to Bali
(film)
213

Roberts, John
175
,
196

Rockefeller, John D., III
33

Rockefeller, Nelson
175

Rockefeller Center
195
,
233
,
243

Rockefeller family
27
,
29
,
33
,
175

Rockefeller Group
29
,
175

Rocker 4 club
19

Rokuiido Saiban Bochoko
(Tachibana)
177

Roppongi Crossing
62
,
162
,
181
,
232
,
235
,
237
,
263

Nicola’s branch of
143
,
145
,
149
,
151
,
232
,
235–9
,
266

Roppongi district
77
,
80
,
81
,
94
,
99
,
100–1
,
106–7
,
108
,
109
,
112
,
115
,
116
,
132
,
137
,
138
,
143
,
144–5
,
149
,
153
,
155
,
157
,
158
,
162
,
164
,
165
,
166
,
184
,
185
,
204
,
205
,
207
,
209
,
219
,
223
,
224
,
232
,
233
,
234–8
,
240–1
,
244–5
,
249–52
,
260–1
,
263
,
265