In this conversation, Jake shares stories from his decades long career in Japan reporting on the Yakuza and how in many ways they're just like a Western corporation.

He also shares his harrowing experience of living under police protection due to a contract on his life.

Tune in to learn about the inner workings of the Yakuza, where the Yakuza go to college and why the Yakuza love Mercedes-Benz.

We also touch upon the TV adaptation of his memoir Tokyo Vice and how the Yakuza wanted to be on the show.