Sokaiya : extortion, protection, and the Japanese corporation / Kenneth Szymkowiak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szymkowiak, Kenneth, 1952-

Contributor:

Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extortion--Japan.

Extortion.

Commercial crimes--Japan.

Commercial crimes.

Organized crime.

Japan.

Organized crime--Japan.

Corporations--Corrupt practices--Japan.

Corporations.

Corporations--Corrupt practices.

Corporate culture--Japan.

Corporate culture.

Physical Description:

xvii, 203 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2002]

Summary:

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 also examines the social relations that developed among sokaiya, the police, and corporate executives.

Notes:

"An East gate book".

"Serialized in "The Japanese economy" : translations and studies, v. 26, no. 3 and 4"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-194) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.

ISBN:

0765607794

OCLC:

47823018