Greenfeld, the half-Japanese, half-Caucasian American Tokyo correspondent for The Nation, has written about a little-known, seamy subculture in Japan that became more prominent with the collapse of the "bubble" economy of the 1980s. In 12 compelling chapters, Greenfeld covers the grimier aspects of Tokyo's urban society: organized crime, the nightclub scene, motorcycle gangs (the eponymous bosozoku), computer hackers, ultra-right-wing nationalists, and the porn industry. His focus on individuals brings a sense of immediacy as his high-speed narrative highlights the flaws in Japan's society without bashing it. CONTENTS PROLOGUE I IZUMI THE MONEY-DRINKERS II TATS THE SPEED TRIBES III DAI THE MOTORCYCLE THIEF IV CHOCO BON-BON AND EMI THE PERFECT TUNA V KEIKO THE EARLY-BREAKFAST CLUB VI HIRO AND YOSHIHARA THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST VII KAZU AND HIROKO THE MAP MAKER VIII TUSK TWILIGHT OF THE IDOLS IX OZAKI THE TRUE BELIEVER X JACKIE THE HOSTESS XI MOTO HOMESTAY XII SNIX THE OTAKU
