Making It & Breaking It in Japan: My True Story of Songs, Sins, and Solitary

This book is about my Japanese journey of over 30 years and is a perfect read for all individuals who are interested in:

• How to GET INTO the underbelly of Japanese language and culture
• How to OVERCOME LEGAL OBSTACLES preventing you from starting a unique business in Japan
• How to AVOID GETTING KILLED by the Japanese Mafia (the Yakuza) https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw0l3qPjsCQ/
• How to BE A PRESENTER at over 90 chambers of commerce
• How NOT TO STRANGLE your Japanese business partners who are trying to shake you down for money
• How NOT TO PISS OFF the three Tokyo Bar Associations
• How to WITHSTAND 70 hours of interrogations by the Special Section of the Tokyo Prosecutors Office
• How to COPE with solitary confinement at the Tokyo County Jail until you confess
• How to DEAL with the Japanese criminal justice system and forced confessions
• How NOT TO HAVE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN when forced to close up a successful business after 12 years
• How to SURVIVE a white collar criminal ordeal that teaches us many wonderful lessons about life and love

Believe me when I say that I love Japan and the Japanese people. With that said, I promise you one thing -- this book will open your eyes in many positive and thoughtful ways about Japan and the people with whom I have had a fascination for over thirty years

Steven Gan