Tokyo Vice boss brushes off accusations that Jake Adelstein's memoir has a lot of B.S.

The Hollywood Reporter

Since Adelstein's 2009 memoir was released, and received national pubicity thanks to a 2009 60 Minutes story, some have questioned the journalist's exploits in Japan. "Among those who have known and worked with Adelstein, sources assess that some of his more far-fetched adventures run the gamut from merely colorful and larger-than-life to 'exaggerated' or, simply, 'fiction,'" reports The Hollywood Reporter's Gavin J Blair. On the fundamental question of his memoir’s most extravagant tales, Adelstein insists: “Nothing in the book is exaggerated. Everything is written as it happened.” But none of the accusations matter to executive producer John Lesher, since the HBO Max series is merely “inspired” by the book. There were so many things that we embellished and created that had nothing to do with, let’s call it ‘the real Jake Adelstein story,'” says Lesher. “Whether the book is true or not, you should take it up with him and the people depicted in the book. I wasn’t there.”