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Investigative journalist in Japan, paladin, priest, 禅僧, drinker of coffee and donut consumer. One good deed a day is my low-bar motto. 一日一善 Follow me on substack https://tokyopaladin.substack.com
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https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3mek6hdm7qc2j
Published: February 11, 2026 00:03
Gang boss Tadamasa Goto didn’t fall to rivals or cops—he fell to hubris. He partied with celebrities instead of showing up to run his gang, overreached with a coup attempt, then crossed the red line: he sold out his own organization to get a UCLA liver—and…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3mek6723uwc2j
Published: February 10, 2026 23:58
In 2008, a sociopathic yakuza boss tried to have me killed
I was writing an expose of his FBI deal
I published it in the Washington Post
On Feb. 8, Tadamasa Goto—the financial “genius” and ruthless gangster—died
Outliving your enemies has its quiet joys.
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https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3mei3idflm22v
Published: February 10, 2026 04:05
Pardon me, but can we just cut the bullshit?
Everybody knows: The President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, is Putin’s puppet
#Trump is a traitor
If you don't know that, you're a fool, and if you do know that and you support him, you're a traitor…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3mehkpqv2a22c
Published: February 9, 2026 23:05
Q: Why did Jeffrey Epstein hang himself?
A: Because, boss… eighth-floor window of jail? Vas broken. Very unfortunate. Very inconvenient. What can you do. 🤷♂️🇷🇺
https://tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/everybody-knows-whats-really-in-the
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3mehjupp32k2c
Published: February 9, 2026 22:49
The biggest Epstein files bombshell: We now know how Putin totally owns Trump and Cuckerberg
Jeff handed Vlad the ultimate kompromat in June
What did Epstein get for snitching on his billionaire bros?
All we know is Jeff kept the boss happy😏
#TrumPutin
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https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3megr6vtpd22o
Published: February 9, 2026 15:28
May it rest in peace. #Bitcoin is dead😉
But when you write the eulogy, please remember that without the underground drug market known as the Silk Road, it would have never become a world currency
On Silk Road you could buy coke, weed, heroin--but only with…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3megpjqkaek2e
Published: February 9, 2026 14:58
One of the greatest joys in life as an investigative reporter:
outliving your enemies.
https://substack.com/@tokyovice/note/c-212101022?utm_source=activity_item
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3meg3he4k5c2k
Published: February 9, 2026 08:59
Takaichi learned a lot from her mentor, Shinzo Abe. Also, "Hitler's Election Strategy" a book she showered with praise.
Abe made Koreans the enemy; She made it all gaijin. China bashing also works here. Giving tihem the finger is a great way to win votes.…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3mefi2abhwk2j
Published: February 9, 2026 03:11
PM Takiichi rode 70% approval and made the snap election a vibe check: “Do you like me?” Japan hit 👍, and the LDP’s 30% brand got carried
She even demonized “gaijin” over the Nara deer-kicking panic. The xenophobia riff played well. She stole sanseito…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3meetbxjsks2b
Published: February 8, 2026 21:00
In Trumpistan, the only thing that arrives early is the obituary🪦
Look at the Department of Justice announcement of Epstein’s death which is dated one day before he died. That was released in the latest batch of Epstein files and then deleted.
Maybe,…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3meesgusjbc2m
Published: February 8, 2026 20:45
When AP lazily reports the FBI concluded there was no international sex trafficking in the Epstein case
don’t be convinced 🤦🏻♂️
The FBI always gets their man is a myth
In 1992, a VA hospital nurse killed 40 veterans. The FBI bungled the case-twice
He…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3meerojmy7s2m
Published: February 8, 2026 20:31
Generally speaking the pre-Trump FBI had some good investigators. But they’ve always done questionable things.
When I wrote about the FBI making a deal with a ruthless yakuza boss so he could get a liver transplant at UCLA,people said I was crazy.
I…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3meerjqjnvk2m
Published: February 8, 2026 20:29
When AP reports with a straight face, the FBI concluded there was no international sex trafficking in the Epstein case, don’t be convinced 🤦🏻♂️
The FBI always gets their man is a myth
In 1992, a VA hospital nurse killed 40 veterans. The FBI bungled the…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3meeheiwpus2c
Published: February 8, 2026 17:27
What kind of #yakuza betrays his own gang, escapes to Cambodia, and tries to revive dog fighting as a sport in Japan?
This guy.
The most ruthless, and maybe the smartest yakuza boss in post-war Japan.
Maybe he’s finally dead. His victims hope so.
…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3medu3bycak27
Published: February 8, 2026 11:41
🚨DOJ quietly yanked an 86-page Epstein memo: “Investigation into Potential Jeffrey Epstein Co-Conspirators.” It lays out interviews with alleged victims, investigative targets, and attorneys.
I archived it—full memo here.
Fuck you Pambi and pedophile…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3medpwsfak22k
Published: February 8, 2026 10:27
BREAKING🚨 Tadamasa Goto, Japan's most vicious #yakuza boss has reportedly died
Financial genius and sociopath–he sold out his own gang to obtain a liver transplant at UCLA, depriving hard-working honest Americans of a chance to live. And he helped do the…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3mebpbyqvwk2l
Published: February 7, 2026 15:10
高市総理に最適な選挙ポスター、作ってあげました。無報酬で。
拡散してください。
尊い一票。尊い裏金。
金銭政治と統一教会と無縁(当社比)の自民党によろしくお願いします。
🤭
#統一教会に一票
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3mebnsmdmec24
Published: February 7, 2026 14:44
6-7? 30-70? Here’s a very irreverent guide to the Japanese elections tomorrow and here’s why the Prime Minister rushed to have them.
https://tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/japans-snap-election-may-give-pm
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3meauveqp7s2g
Published: February 7, 2026 07:18
🚨CBS News has just released new photos of the mysterious White House staffer who posted a racist tweet about Barak Obama‼️😏
He’s been on staff since at least 2018. Great work Bari! *
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3meafqhdl3s2v
Published: February 7, 2026 02:47
It’s the circle of blackmail ⚫️📨
June 2018: Epstein sends an email to the Kremlin saying he has information they can use to control Trump.
July 2018, Helsinki Summit: Trump and Putin have a closed-door meeting. Trump is owned.
2019: Trump blackmails…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3meafb75smc2v
Published: February 7, 2026 02:38
Here are two pictures that perfectly explain why Donald Trump hates Obama so much. 😏
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3meaar7lais27
Published: February 7, 2026 01:18
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration has just released a photo of the White House staffer (short man on the left) who posted a racist tweet about Barak Obama. 😏
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3me6jg5qokc2z
Published: February 6, 2026 08:47
In today’s news, Donald Trump just endorsed the current Prime Minister of Japan in the general elections on Sunday.
So the real question is: does Putin want her to win or want her to lose?
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https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3me6gx2kj5c2z
Published: February 6, 2026 08:03
TDS (n., slang): the lazy “diagnosis” for anyone criticizing Trump—so you can dodge the facts and attack the person
TTS (n., illness): inability, despite overwhelming evidence, to admit Trump’s Putin pawn, a crook. Trump Traitor Syndrome.
TDS: disliking…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3me4cwsgwjs2w
Published: February 5, 2026 11:46
Everybody knows what’s in the Epstein files. But they can’t connect the dots.
Why does our president Donald Trump seem to be under the thumb of Vladimir Putin?
Because Jeffrey Epstein sold him out.
In June of 2018.
…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3mdxhf3yyxk25
Published: February 3, 2026 13:22
🛑✋ Epstein didn't invent #BItcoin. And his cabal of creepy cronies don't control it either
Don't fall for a fake email. There really is a #SatoshiNakamoto
I wrote a whole book about Bitcoin crimes and Satoshi.
If you're really curious, here's one chapter…
https://bsky.app/profile/tokyovice.bsky.social/post/3mduy7o2h6c24
Published: February 2, 2026 13:46
Rental Family opens in Japan Feb 27. Brendan Fraser’s in Tokyo—and so is my longtime friend Mari Yamamoto. Mari and I go back: we wrote together at The Daily Beast and later worked on Tokyo Vice. Full-circle Tokyo. I saw it in LA—one of the most heartfelt…