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The world’s leading thinkers, politicians and cultural figures interviewed by the BBC

Find out what the world’s leading thinkers, politicians and cultural figures really think, as they talk about their lives for thirty minutes on The Interview.

***The Interview is no longer broadcast on-air but you can listen to our archive below.***

A half hour interview with interesting and prominent people from around the world with a great range of interests and opinions. Each week, one person is put under the spotlight by either Owen Bennett-Jones or Carrie Gracie, the two presenters on The Interview.  

They explore topical issues, personal motivation and interviewee's hopes and fears. The style is informal and conversational, but at times searching and combative when required.

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The Interview Archive: 25/09/2010 Jake Adelstein: Jake Adelstein,  Investigative Journalist

25/09/2010 Jake Adelstein

25/09/2010 Jake Adelstein: Jake Adelstein,  Investigative Journalist

Jake Adelstein,  Investigative Journalist

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Jake Adelstein, who was a crime reporter on Tokyo's biggest-selling newspaper.

Jake Adelstein worked on Japan's biggest-selling newspaper for 12 years.  He uncovered stories about the Yakuza, and received death threats as a result.

For 12 years, Jake Adelstein worked as a crime reporter on Japan's biggest-selling newspaper.  His patch was Tokyo's seedy red light district, and amongst other stories, he investigated the big bosses of Japan's crime gangs, the Yakuza.  This got him into trouble, he received death threats and he and his family fled Japan and now live in exile in the United States.  He talks to Carrie Gracie about his life then, and the regrets he still has from that time.

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