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Book Review: Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies: The outsiders who shaped modern Japan
by Henry Hilton, Japan Today – April 27 2024 TOKYO Foreigners behaving badly goes down well with audiences in Japan. Stories of Yankee misfits, British conmen and Korean upstarts are guaranteed to find eager readers. Throw in shady espionage rings, guys who started out by sleeping on park benches, plus stories of massive transfers of dollars bills in…
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Whiting Explains Differences Between U.S., Japan Games: There Are at Least Two Ways to Play Baseball
by Karl Greenfeld (Apr 21, 1989) It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game – and sometimes who plays the game – that counts. “I believe baseball is a good metaphor for the Japanese way of thinking,” said Robert Whiting, author of the acclaimed book on Japanese baseball “You Gotta…
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Time Magazine: Review of You Gotta Have Wa
14 August 1989 You can click the image below to enlarge it.
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Nick Zappetti Interview Tape 19 – 17th June 1991
(TAPE 19) Nicola Interview June 17, 1991 (Incl: Marriage & Divorce/Yae, TSK Gangsters, Growing Up in East Harlem, Early Days in Japan, Wives & Lovers) SIDE A (Counter 000) (inre phone books) (MARRIAGE & DIVORCE RECORD)(YAE) (YAE) A: I was looking through these books and I saw Joe Camero’s name in there. And it’s funny…
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Nick Zappetti Interview Tape 18 – 31st May 1991
(TAPE 18) Nicola Interview May 31, 1991 (INCL: Tearing Down the Hokkaido Farm, Log Cabins, Crazy Wong/Gold Scam Court Case–Incl. “Hammer”, Book Permission, Gold Scam con’t, Miscellaneous-yakuza,Night & Day, Lights, Maki, TSK, Book, Love & Hate for Tokyo, Yae, Japanese vs. American Rant, Yae–Patches, etc.,Japanese vs. American Rant, Book) SIDE A (Counter 000) (TEARING DOWN…
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Nick Zappetti Interview Tape 17 – 15th May 1991
(TAPE 17) Nicola Interview May 15, 1991 (Note: Most of Side A is boring and pointless) (Incl: Japanese Gangsters Fighting Spirit, Roppongi Restaurant/Piano Player, Whitney Houston, Koreans in Japan, Turkey Chick Imports, Nick Speaking Japanese, Of Faxes{Stolen & Otherwise) and Word Processors, Laser Eye Treatment, Income Tax BS) SIDE A (Counter 000) (JAPANESE GANGSTERS FIGHTING…
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Nick Zappetti Interview Tape 16 – 8th May 1991
(TAPE 16) Nicola Interview May 8, 1991) (Incl: Miscellaneous–Bank Loans, The Crematorium, Son/Daughter/Grandkids/1st Wife Pig Farming, Yokosuka Fight, Crazy Wong, MacFarland, Business Ventures/Turkeys, Johnny Simonetti, Other Ventures, IOS/Massey/Doniaff/Private Eye Co.) SIDE A (Counter 000) (MISCELLANEOUS: BANK LOANS, THE CREMATORIUM (mortage discussion. /tanpo is a mortage. “See I got to teach you Japanese.” Etc. etc. blah.…
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Nick Zappetti Interview Tape 15 – 17th April 1991 II
(TAPE 15) Nicola Interview Apr 17, 1991 (Incl. SIDE A (Incl: Net Worth/Yae, Pro-Wrestling Fix, Rikidozan Character, Wives; Miss Hokkaido & Yae, Yae, Post-Olympic Tokyo, Anti-Japanese Feeling, Gold Scam:Buzz,Ginza Machii and Nick, “Mafia Boss” of Tokyo & Steve Dunleavy, Miscellaneous/Annie, Pig Farming) (counter 000) (NET WORTH, INCL YAE) A: If Yokota becomes an international air…
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Nick Zappetti Interview Tape 14 – 17th April 1991
TAPE 14 NICOLA INTERVIEW Apr 17, 1991 (Includes: Occupation Era Miscellaneous, King of Korea, Ginza Machii, Nick’s Niece, PostWar GI Violence, etc, Shintaro Ishihara, Gold Scam, Book Reference, Gold Scam, Book Reference) SIDE A (counter 000) (OCCUPATION ERA MISCELLANEOUS) A: My nephew in Fort Myers wants to sell his liquor store. Suntory, they don’t have…
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Nick Zappetti Interview Tape 13 – 3rd April 1991
(TAPE 13) Nicola Interview Apr 3, 1991 (Includes: Miscellaneous, Revenge Fantasties and Tacit Book Permission, Yokota-Tanashi Details, Other Crimes and Misdemeanors, Growing Up in Mafia Neighborhood, East Harlem Family, Miscellaneous–deported, early Roppongi, Gangs, Family Life, Joe Dibello, Club 88, Nihon Kotsu, Ginza Machii, The Book,) (SIDE A) (Counter 000) (MISCELLANEOUS) Q: Tell me about Ted…
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