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Investigative Journalist Jake Adelstein Says a Director Asked if He Could Read Kanji at an Award Ceremony

Jake Adelstein recounts his 12½-year career at a Japanese newspaper and an award for investigative reporting involving a yakuza-backed loan shark, where a top director asked whether he could read kanji.

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I worked at a Japanese newspaper for 12½ years. When they gave me an award for investigative reporting on a yakuza-backed loan shark, a top director leaned over at the ceremony and asked, “So — can you read kanji?” I didn’t get mad. I just said, “Yes on a
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Investigative Journalist Jake Adelstein Says a Director Asked if He Could Read Kanji at an Award Ceremony

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I worked at a Japanese newspaper for 12½ years. When they gave me an award for investigative reporting on a yakuza-backed loan shark, a top director leaned over at the ceremony and asked, “So — can you read kanji?” I didn’t get mad. I just said, “Yes on a

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