Sokaiya: Extortion, Protection and the Japanese Corporation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780765607799)

Sokaiya are extortionists who target Japanese corporations for payoffs. They threaten to reveal corporate secrets and scandals, usually at shareholder meetings. This book explores the curious but not unusual relationship that grows between executives and sokaiya, who also offer their services to protect the corporation from other sokaiya, thus becoming a necessary evil in the world of Japanese business. The book documents the history and development of sokaiya over the past 100 years since Japan first enacted a commercial code. It includes interviews with police, lawyers, corporate executives, as well as sokaiya and members of the yakuza (traditional Japanese gangsters).

Author: Kenneth Szymkowiak
ISBN-10: 0765607794
ISBN-13: 9780765607799
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 11/30/2001
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.64h x 5.74w x 0.83d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2002 pg. 1629
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2002 pg. 132