Yakuza Japan's Criminal Underworld

David E. Kaplan is deputy editor of the investigative team at U.S. News and World Report in Washington, D.C., where he covers organized crime, terrorism, and intelligence. In addition to Yakuza, Kaplan is author of the critically acclaimed Fires of the Dragon, on the murder of journalist Henry Liu, and co-author of The Cult at the End of the World, on the doomsday sect behind the nerve gassing of Tokyo's subway. His work has won more than a dozen awards, including honors from Investigative Reporters and Editors, the American Bar Association, Overseas Press Club, and World Affairs Council. Alec Dubro has written professionally since his first music review in Rolling Stone in 1968. Since then, he's gone on to write hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles, as well as scripts, position papers, speeches, reports, and comic books. He has worked as a private investigator, editor, television news writer, and consultant to state and federal crime commissions. He currently lives and works in Washington, D.C., where he divides his time between journalism and communications consulting for the labor movement and NGOs. He is past president of the U.S. National Writers Union. The Center For Investigative Reporting, founded in 1977, is the only independent, nonprofit organization in the United States established as an institution to do investigative reporting. From their offices in San Francisco, the CIR staff write for leading newspapers and magazines and work closely with television news programs in the U.S. and abroad. Center stories have helped spark congressional hearings and legislation, U.N. resolutions, public interest lawsuits, and changes in the activities of multinational corporations, government agencies, and organized crime figures. Its stories have won numerous honors, including an Emmy, a Polk Award, a National Magazine Award, and a National Press Club Award. For more information contact CIR at 131 Steuart Street, Ste. 600, San Francisco, CA 94105 or at www.muckraker.org.Kaplan, David E. is the author of 'Yakuza Japan's Criminal Underworld', published 2003 under ISBN 9780520215627 and ISBN 0520215621.