Bibliotrek

Midland, Texas, United States

"But deep down she's a small-town girl. I mean, Midland is an oil town, there's lots of money."

Los Angeles, California

"Commanding OfficerInternal Affairs DivisionLos Angeles Police DepartmentPO Box 2029Los Angeles, CA 92038-2029Telephone: (213) 555-7600Telefax: (213) 556-7812"

Culver City, California

"Actually, I was sitting on my bed in my apartment in Culver City, watching the Lakers game with the sound turned off, while I tried to study vocabulary for my introductory Japanese class."

Gardena, California

"Then an hour later, I got a call from detectives in Gardena."

San Pedro, Los Angeles, California

"I got off the freeway at San Pedro, Connor's exit."

Second Street, Los Angeles, California

"I drove up San Pedro and turned left onto Second, heading toward the Nakamoto building."

Eleven hundred Figueroa, corner of Seventh, Los Angeles, California

"Better get over here, Petey-san. Eleven hundred Figueroa, corner of Seventh. It's the new Nakamoto building."

Nakamoto Tower, Los Angeles, California

"Up ahead I saw searchlights shining in front of the new Nakamoto Tower."

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

"When Graham played halfback at U.S.C. he never made first string."

Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

"The elevator was glass walled and we looked out on downtown Los Angeles as it went up into the light mist."

Arco Building, Los Angeles, California

"Directly across was the Arco building. All lit up at night."

Nagasaki, Japan

"They brought in prefab units from Nagasaki, and slapped them together here."

Los Angeles, California

"… and glass walls on the outside walls as well, so that from where I was standing you could look straight out to the surrounding skyscrapers of Los Angeles."

Japan, Asia

"And we were sending 200 American students a year to Japan."

East L.A., Los Angeles, California, United States

"Mr. and Mrs. Arakawa, a young couple visiting Los Angeles on their honeymoon, are standing on the curb in East L.A. when they get gunned down from a passing car."

Midland, Texas, United States

"Cheryl Lynn Austin," Connor said, "Born Midland, Texas, graduate of Texas State."

Osaka, Japan

"The physical evidence is long gone, the bodies of the honeymooners are back in Osaka, the street corner where it happened is piled high in wilted flowers."

Daimatsu Night Club, Tokyo, Japan

"A card for the Daimatsu Night Club in Tokyo."

United States

"I like America. At least, what's left of it."

Orange County, California

"Yeah. They're buying up Orange County now."

Los Angeles, California

"Of course. They already own Los Angeles,"

Arco Building, Los Angeles, California

"Well, just about. They have the Arco building over there,"

Hawaii, United States

"Hell, they own Hawaii — ninety percent of Honolulu, a hundred percent of the Kona coast."

Honolulu, Hawaii

"Hell, they own Hawaii — ninety percent of Honolulu, a hundred percent of the Kona coast."

Kona Coast, Hawaii

"Hell, they own Hawaii — ninety percent of Honolulu, a hundred percent of the Kona coast."

La Habra, California

"I started over in their La Habra plant, and when I hurt my leg — in a car accident — and couldn't walk so good, they moved me to security."

Torrance, California

"Then when they opened the Torrance plant, they moved me over there. My wife got a job in the Torrance plant, too. They do Toyota subassemblies."

Van Nuys, California

"Before this I worked for GM in Van Nuys, and that's . . . you know, that's gone."

Detroit, Michigan

"Christ. The management assholes they used to send down to the floor. You couldn't believe it. M.B. fucking A., out of Detroit, little weenies didn't know shit."

The Palomino, Los Angeles, California

"Ever been to his apartment? No. He's kind of secretive. I think he lives with his mother or something. We usually go to this bar, the Palomino, over by the airport. He likes it there."

"It was one of those new standing booths that has two receivers, one on either side, allowing two people to talk on the same line at once. These booths had been installed in Tokyo years ago, and now were starting to show up all over Los Angeles."

Los Angeles, California

"It was one of those new standing booths that has two receivers, one on either side, allowing two people to talk on the same line at once. These booths had been installed in Tokyo years ago, and now were starting to show up all over Los Angeles."

Santa Monica Freeway, Los Angeles, California

"We were driving west on the Santa Monica freeway."

Bundy, Los Angeles, California

"Up ahead, I saw the exit for Bundy."

Nakamoto's Tokyo headquarters, Tokyo, Japan

"I am sure faxes have been flying back and forth to Nakamoto's Tokyo headquarters all night."

Beverly Hills, California

"Eddie Sakamura is part owner of a Polynesian restaurant in Beverly Hills called Bora Bora. He hangs out there."

Detroit, Michigan

"One night she comes over, gives me two tickets to the Springsteen concert, but she's all excited because she's going to Detroit."

New York, New York

"All over. New York, Washington, Seattle, Chicago . . . all over."

Seattle, Washington

"All over. New York, Washington, Seattle, Chicago . . . all over."

Chicago, Illinois

"All over. New York, Washington, Seattle, Chicago . . . all over."

Osaka, Japan

"Connor said, "He's from Osaka?" His father's a big industrialist there, with Daimatsu."

Washington, D.C., United States

"All over. New York, Washington, Seattle, Chicago . . . all over."

Japan, Asia

"You know he's gone to Japan more than once. He always comes back. It never works out for him. Japan is like a woman that he can't live with, and can't live without, you know?"

Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

"I guess by now they have seventy, seventy-five percent of downtown Los Angeles."

Westwood, Los Angeles, California

"Got an apartment in Westwood, but hasn't been here long enough to change her Texas driver's license."

Asia

"She's worked all over the world as a model, mostly in Asia."

New Otani Hotel, Los Angeles, California, United States

"The Arakawas were staying at the New Otani Hotel. I got the phone records of the calls they made to Japan."

Osaka, Japan

"I called Osaka and talked to the police there. Again, in Japanese. They were surprised to hear we didn't know the whole story."

Tokyo train station, Tokyo, Japan

"Everything works in Japan. In a Tokyo train station, you can stand at a marked spot on the platform and when the train stops, the doors will open right in front of you."

405 Freeway, Los Angeles, California

"I drove south on the 405 freeway, toward the airport."

Slauson Avenue, Los Angeles, California

"We were driving past Slauson, the Marina freeway a dark curve arcing above us in the fog."

Marina Freeway, Los Angeles, California

"We were driving past Slauson, the Marina freeway a dark curve arcing above us in the fog."

Culver City, California

"I lived in Culver City instead of Brentwood."

Brentwood, Los Angeles, California

"I lived in Culver City instead of Brentwood."

Phoenix, Arizona

"Yes. But she lives in Phoenix now. Her husband got transferred."

Paris, France

"“But Jim,” the producer said. “The lead tonight was Paris fashions and the Nakamoto party. That's human interest stuff.”"

San Francisco, California

"“The bald guy she's talking to is John McKenna, with Regis McKenna in San Francisco. The company that does the publicity for most high‐tech firms,”"

Bora Bora, Los Angeles, California, United States

"Here's the restaurant up ahead on the left. I saw the neon sign. Bora Bora. This is the restaurant owned by Sakamura? Yes. Actually he's just a part owner. Don't let the valet take the car. Park it in the red. We may need to leave quickly."

Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

"The address was on a winding road in the hills above Sunset Boulevard. We would have had a good view of the city up here, but the mist had closed in."

Los Angeles, California

"Ten years ago, the only people in Los Angeles who maintained such elaborate security were either Mafioso, or stars like Stallone whose violent roles attracted violent attention."

Tokyo, Japan

"Many Japanese shop at Maxim Noir now. It's like most expensive American stores — it'd go out of business without visitors from Tokyo. It's dependent on the Japanese."

Osaka, Japan

"Now in Osaka they will read that a girl is killed at Nakamoto and I am arrested in connection. His son."

Sunset Plaza Drive, West Hollywood, California

"The black Lincoln sedan had come to a stop on the lawn of a house along the steep part of Sunset Plaza Drive."

Austin, Texas

"It was a Texas license. Gerrold D. Hardin, thirty-four years old. Address in Austin, Texas. I wrote down the details, and gave it back."

Tokyo, Japan

"I'm sorry about all this," he said smoothly. "The senator isn't feeling at all well. We just came back from Tokyo yesterday evening. Jet lag. He's not himself. He's tired."

Torrance, California

"I'm not Japanese," he said seriously. "I'm Japanese-American, which means in their eyes I'm gaijin. If I go to Japan, they treat me like any other foreigner. It doesn't matter how I look, I was born in Torrance — and that's the end of it."

Texas, United States

"There's our girl. Cheryl Austin from Texas. She's cute. Fresh. Good figure. She's an actress, sort of. She does a few commercials. Maybe a Nissan commercial. Whatever. She meets some people. Makes some contacts. Gets on some lists."

Tokyo, Japan

"Graham's uncle," Connor said. "He was a prisoner of war during World War II. He was taken to Tokyo, where he disappeared. Graham's father went over after the war to find out what happened to him. There were unpleasant questions about what happened. You probably know that some American servicemen were killed in terminal medical experiments in Japan. There were stories about the Japanese feeding their livers to subordinates as a joke, things like that."

Japan, Asia

"“Yes. In Japan, if you screw up, the best thing is to go to the authorities and make a big show of how sorry you are, and how bad you feel, and how you will never do it again. It's pro forma, but the authorities will be impressed by how you've learned your lesson. That's sumimasen: apology without end. It's the Japanese version of throwing yourself on the mercy of the court. It's understood to be the best way to get leniency.”"

Parker Center, Los Angeles, California

"The scientific investigation division, or SID, was in the basement of Parker Center. It was after two in the morning when I got there, and most of the sections were closed down."

Sunset Hills Country Club, Los Angeles, California

"The purchase of the Sunset Hills Country Club was one of the more recent outrages in L.A. The West Los Angeles golf course was bought for a huge cash price: two hundred million dollars in 1990."

Japan, Asia

"He's not worried about legalities. He's worried about scandal. Because that's what would happen if we were in Japan."

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

"If you want, you can talk to Bill Harrelson over at Medlar. But if it's anything special, I think we farm it out to JPL or the Advanced Imaging Lab at U.S.C. You want the contact numbers, or you want to go through Harrelson?"

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California

"If you want, you can talk to Bill Harrelson over at Medlar. But if it's anything special, I think we farm it out to JPL or the Advanced Imaging Lab at U.S.C. You want the contact numbers, or you want to go through Harrelson?"

Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California

"Eddie Sakamura lived in a small house on one of those narrow twisting streets high in the Hollywood hills above the 101 freeway."

101 Freeway, Los Angeles, California

"Eddie Sakamura lived in a small house on one of those narrow twisting streets high in the Hollywood hills above the 101 freeway."

Santa Monica Freeway, Los Angeles, California

"I drove home. I was pulling onto the Santa Monica freeway when the phone rang."

Beverly Hills, California

"Driving again. This time to an address in Beverly Hills. By now it was after one in the morning, and I was tired."

Sunset Plaza Drive, West Hollywood, California

"But this is on Sunset Plaza Drive," she said. "Aren't you located—" "Yes," I said. Now I understood why she was insistent. The call was only a few blocks away."

Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, California

"I had to back up and pull around to the entrance below Mulholland, and then I joined traffic heading south."

Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles, California

"…reported a high-speed chase on the Hollywood freeway southbound, which ended when the suspect drove his Ferrari sportscar into the Vine Street overpass, not far from the Hollywood Bowl."

Vine Street, Los Angeles, California

"…drove his Ferrari sportscar into the Vine Street overpass…"

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California

"…not far from the Hollywood Bowl."

101 Freeway, Los Angeles, California

"…this was the third high-speed pursuit on the 101 freeway in the last two weeks."

Figueroa, Los Angeles, California

"…star-studded opening night at their new skyscraper on Figueroa."

Compton, California

"…after a Compton woman was killed in a high-speed pursuit last January."

Los Angeles Country Club, Los Angeles, California

"…Senator Morton wants to meet you and Captain Connor at one o'clock today at the Los Angeles Country Club."

Pasadena, California

"Pasadena looked like a city at the bottom of a glass of sour milk."

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California

"The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on the outskirts of town, was nestled in the foothills near the Rose Bowl."

Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

"The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on the outskirts of town, was nestled in the foothills near the Rose Bowl."

Armonk, New York

"We always lost a few to IBM in Armonk, or Bell Labs in New Jersey."

New Jersey, United States

"We always lost a few to IBM in Armonk, or Bell Labs in New Jersey."

Long Beach, California

"Now it's the Japanese research labs like Hitachi in Long Beach, Sanyo in Torrance, Canon in Inglewood."

Torrance, California

"Now it's the Japanese research labs like Hitachi in Long Beach, Sanyo in Torrance, Canon in Inglewood."

Inglewood, California

"Now it's the Japanese research labs like Hitachi in Long Beach, Sanyo in Torrance, Canon in Inglewood."

Glendale, California

"The research lab in Glendale, owned by Kawakami Industries. They have every piece of video equipment known to man over there."

Rocky Mountains, United States

"I glanced over, saw a view of wildflowers and snow-capped mountains. The first man tapped the photos. 'I mean, that's the Rockies, my friend. It's real Americana. Trust me, that's what sells them."

Montana, United States

"It's a hundred and thirty thousand acres. The biggest remaining piece of Montana that's still available. Twenty by ten kilometers of prime ranch acreage fronting on the Rockies."

Wyoming, United States

"And ranches all around Montana and Wyoming have been sold."

JPL, Pasadena, California, United States

"‘I'm Kristen, Dr. Donaldson's assistant. Kevin over at JPL called about you. Something about tapes you need help with?’"

Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California

"I was driving away from the Bonaventure when Connor called in from the golf course. He sounded annoyed."

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California

"I told him about my trips to JPL and Hamaguchi, then my conversation with Donaldson."

USC Video Labs, Los Angeles, California

"Where are you going now? "To the U.S.C. video labs. I'm still trying to get the tapes copied."

Parker Center, Los Angeles, California

"When I was a press officer, my office had been at police headquarters in Parker Center, two blocks from the Times building."

Los Angeles Times Building, Los Angeles, California

"When I was a press officer, my office had been at police headquarters in Parker Center, two blocks from the Times building."

Ladera Heights, California, United States

"I was still working detective. My partner and I answered a domestic violence call in Ladera Heights. Hispanic couple, fighting. Both very drunk. Woman wants me to arrest her husband, and when I refuse to, says he's sexually abusing her baby."

Washington, D.C., United States

"It's more than just the ads they take. It's more than their relentless PR machine drumming out of Washington, or the local lobbying and the campaign contributions to political figures and organizations."

South Korea

"My Asian students are starting to go home. Koreans are going back to Korea."

Seoul, South Korea

"Do you know what city has the highest number of Ph.D.'s per capita in the world? 'Boston?' 'Seoul, Korea. Think about that as we rocket into the twenty-first century."

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States

"I was a graduate student at Cal Tech then."

Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt

"A few years back the National Geographic moved the Great Pyramid of Egypt on a cover photo."

Boston, Massachusetts

"Do you know what city has the highest number of Ph.D.'s per capita in the world? 'Boston?"

India, South Asia

"My Asian students are starting to go home. Koreans are going back to Korea. Taiwanese the same. Even Indians are returning home."

Japan, Asia

"So I tried to sell them to Sony, in Japan."

Wall Street, Los Angeles, California

"The only way you can make that kind of money is in law, investment banking, Wall Street."

Glendale, California

"Hamaguchi Research Institute was a featureless, mirrored glass building in an industrial park in north Glendale."

Taiwan, East Asia

"My Asian students are starting to go home. Koreans are going back to Korea. Taiwanese the same. Even Indians are returning home."

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

"I was a little preoccupied, pulling into the parking lot next to the physics department at U.S.C., when the phone rang again."

Parker Center, Los Angeles, California

"I still do a story out of Parker Center a couple of times a month. The only thing that worries me is the Weasel's source inside Parker Center. Somebody in the department's leaking him internal affairs records."

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California

"I worked at JPL in my spare time."

Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California

"‘Where is he doing that?’ ‘At a corporate-training seminar at the Bonaventure Hotel. Management techniques in research. He must be pretty tired this morning. But he's always a good speaker.’"

Nigeria

"the Japanese corporations in America feel the way we would feel doing business in Nigeria:"

Sunset Hills Country Club, Los Angeles, California

"As I pulled into the parking circle at the Sunset Hills Country Club, I saw Connor standing in front of the big stucco clubhouse."

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

"“Sorry. It's only a few minutes. I was held up at U.S.C.”"

Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

"I drove up the winding drive to Sunset Boulevard, and stopped to wait for the light."

Beverly Hills, California

"I turned right, heading toward Beverly Hills."

Century Plaza, Los Angeles, California

"First they were held in the Century Plaza, and later in the Sheraton, and finally in the Biltmore."

Sheraton Hotel, Los Angeles, California

"First they were held in the Century Plaza, and later in the Sheraton, and finally in the Biltmore."

Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California

"First they were held in the Century Plaza, and later in the Sheraton, and finally in the Biltmore."

Palms, Los Angeles, California

"It's a small house in Palms — very small — but it's a corner lot and it has a charming backyard."

Topeka, Kansas

"The house is owned by an elderly woman who has gone into a nursing home and her son who lives in Topeka intends to sell it, but he wants an income flow instead of an outright sale."

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

"Aoki-san is the head of Tokio Marine in Vancouver."

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

"Kenichi Asaka runs all of Toyota's Southeast Asian plants from K.L. to Singapore."

Singapore, Singapore

"Kenichi Asaka runs all of Toyota's Southeast Asian plants from K.L. to Singapore."

Bangkok, Thailand

"He's based in Bangkok."

Georgia, United States

"Two years ago, MicroCon was sold to Darley-Higgins, a management company in Georgia."

Osaka, Japan

"They found a buyer in Akai Ceramics, an Osaka company that already made lithography machines in Japan."

Tokyo, Japan

"Japanese managers met every ten days in a Tokyo hotel to set prices in America."

Washington, D.C., United States

"Company after company gets sold, and nobody in Washington says boo."

Four Seasons Hotel, New York, New York, United States

"Somebody named Connor here? Call for you from the Four Seasons Hotel."

Dallas, Texas

"I picked up a brochure from the coffee table. It was the annual report of Darley-Higgins Management Group, with offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. I found a picture of Arthur Greiman. He looked happy and self-satisfied. The report included an essay signed by him entitled, "A Commitment to Excellence."

Seattle, Washington

"I picked up a brochure from the coffee table. It was the annual report of Darley-Higgins Management Group, with offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. I found a picture of Arthur Greiman. He looked happy and self-satisfied. The report included an essay signed by him entitled, "A Commitment to Excellence."

San Francisco, California

"I picked up a brochure from the coffee table. It was the annual report of Darley-Higgins Management Group, with offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. I found a picture of Arthur Greiman. He looked happy and self-satisfied. The report included an essay signed by him entitled, "A Commitment to Excellence."

Los Angeles, California

"I picked up a brochure from the coffee table. It was the annual report of Darley-Higgins Management Group, with offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. I found a picture of Arthur Greiman. He looked happy and self-satisfied. The report included an essay signed by him entitled, "A Commitment to Excellence."

Los Angeles, California

"Greiman exploded in rage. "Oh, for Christ's sake. Not again. This is goddamned harassment." "Harassment?" "What would you call it? I've had senatorial staffers here, I've had the F.B.I. here. Now I have the L.A. police? We're not criminals. We own a company and we have the right to sell it. Where is Louis?"

El Segundo, California

"Akai Ceramics was located on the fifth floor of a bland office-block in El Segundo. The decor was spare and industrial-looking."

Tokyo, Japan

"We were approached by Mr. Kobayashi, representing Darley-Higgins in Tokyo, in September of last year."

Osaka, Japan

"When old Mr. Matsushita was the head of the third biggest company in Japan, he still took the regular commercial jet between his head offices in Osaka and Tokyo."

Washington, D.C., United States

"But now there are difficulties, as we feared. I think now we make a cause for Americans. In Washington, some people are upset."

Rockefeller Center, New York City

"They give pressure on business, not to make purchases that will upset America. Rockefeller Center and Universal Studios, these purchases that make criticism for us."

Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

"I was driving north toward the Wilshire exit, to meet Senator Morton."

Los Angeles, California

"Keith just got a call from the Los Angeles representative for NHK, Japanese national television."

London, England

"Hanada-san is a vice-president of Mitsui Bank in London."

Stanford, California

"You see that guy? That's David Rawlings. Professor of business at Stanford. Specialist in the Pacific Rim."

Japan, Asia

"American companies were successful around the world, except in Japan."

Japan, Asia

"Bob Richmond was the assistant trade negotiator for Japan under Amanda Marden until last year."

Four Seasons Hotel, New York, New York, United States

"Where to?' 'The Four Seasons Hotel."

Four Seasons Hotel, New York, New York, United States

"☼The Four Seasons Hotel is favored by stars and politicians, and it has a graceful entrance, but we were parked around the corner by the service entrance."

Universal Studios, Universal City, California

"They give pressure on business, not to make purchases that will upset America. Rockefeller Center and Universal Studios, these purchases that make criticism for us."

Las Vegas, Nevada

"I went to Vegas for the weekend. I won big. I paid taxes on thirteen thousand in unearned income that year."

Virginia, United States

"Lauren's father was a doctor in Virginia but she didn't want to ask him for the money because he disapproved of her marrying me in the first place."

Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California

"He was walking around Sakamura's house in the Hollywood hills."

Phoenix, Arizona

"I'm thinking of a week in Phoenix. I got family there."

Washington, D.C., United States

"You know what they spend in Washington every year? Four hundred million fucking dollars a year."

Los Angeles, California

"She had been a gossip columnist in Washington before graduating to the big time in Los Angeles."

101 Freeway, Los Angeles, California

"I got down the hill and onto the 101 going south. In the old days it would be ten minutes to U.S.C. Now it was more like thirty minutes."

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

"In the old days it would be ten minutes to U.S.C. Now it was more like thirty minutes."

Phoenix, Arizona

"And Graham says he's leaving town. Today. He's going to Phoenix."

Japan, Asia

"Willy stuck his head in the window. "Do you think that Captain Connor's Japan-bashing represents another example of the department's lack of judgment in racially sensitive cases?"

University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California

"At the University of California at Irvine, there's two floors of a research building that you can't get into unless you have a Japanese passport."

Japan, Asia

"You realize Japan is deeply into the structure of American universities, particularly in technical departments."

Sako, Hokkaido

"I was born in Sako. My father was a kokujin mechanic. You know that word, kokujin? Niguro. A black man. My mother worked in a noodle shop where the air force personnel went. They married, but my father died in an accident when I was two years old. There was a small pension for the widow. So we had some money. But my grandfather took most of it, because he insisted he had been disgraced by my birth. I was ainoko and niguro. They are not nice words, what he called me. But my mother wanted to stay there, to stay in Japan. So I grew up in Sako. In this . . . place . . ."

United States

"“If I was American, and someone said that to me, I would take this ship away, and tell Japan to go fuck itself, pay for its own defense.”"

Washington, D.C., United States

"She's always traveling. New York, Washington, Seattle . . . she meets him. She's madly in love with him."

1430 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States

"I looked at the building at 1430 Westwood Boulevard. It had a plain brown facade, just a door with a painted number. On one side was a French bookstore. On the other side was a watch repair place."

The Four Seasons, Los Angeles, California, United States

"I called Captain Connor and he replied, 'Back at the hotel.' When I asked, 'What hotel?' he answered, 'The Four Seasons,' noting that it's Senator Morton's hotel."

Hampton Park, Los Angeles, California, United States

"I drove around the corner. Hampton Park was adjacent to the elementary school. At this hour of the afternoon, kids were outside, playing baseball."

Las Vegas, Nevada

"What do you think I'm talking about, you son of a bitch?" she said, furiously. "I'm talking about Las Vegas."

Tokyo, Japan

"And the chief was asked to come to Tokyo and consult on criminal record-keeping systems."

Hawaii, United States

"One-week stopover in Hawaii."

Chicago, Illinois

"“It’ll start in nine weeks. Test run in Chicago and the Twin Cities, associated focus groups, any modifications, then the national break in July.”"

Japan, Asia

"“America is made stronger by the influx of foreign money. America has much to learn from Japan.”"

Germany, Europe

"“To those people, I say — Japan doesn’t think so. Germany doesn’t think so.”"

Texas, United States

"I only met her a short time ago. Four, five months ago. I thought she was a nice girl. Texas girl, sweet."

Japan, Asia

"But we can't ignore the reality of targeted, adversarial trade as practiced by Japan — where business and government make a planned attack on some segment of the American economy."

United Kingdom, Europe

"Yes, it's true that the British and the Dutch both have larger investments in America than the Japanese."

Netherlands, Europe

"Yes, it's true that the British and the Dutch both have larger investments in America than the Japanese."

England, United Kingdom

"And, of course, if we want to buy a Dutch or English company, we can. But we can't buy a Japanese company."

Arlington, Virginia

"Mrs. Morton was not available for comment, although reporters were standing outside the family townhouse in Arlington."

United States

"Yes, it's true that the British and the Dutch both have larger investments in America than the Japanese."

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

"I was driving back into Hollywood. The buildings were hazy in the smog."

Seattle, Washington

"She's always traveling. New York, Washington, Seattle . . . she meets him. She's madly in love with him."

Japan, Asia

"But all I hear now is a lot of Japan-bashing. Fuck. You can't win."

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

"“It’ll start in nine weeks. Test run in Chicago and the Twin Cities, associated focus groups, any modifications, then the national break in July.”"

Ladera Heights, California, United States

"So one night in August I'm out on a domestic violence call in Ladera Heights. Hispanic couple. They've been drinking and going at it pretty good, she's got a split lip and he's got a black eye..."

MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts

"Japanese companies now endow twenty-five professorships at M.I.T., far more than any other nation."

Japan, Asia

"Senator Dowling said that Morton had "become a bit of a fanatic about Japan lately, perhaps an indication of the strain he was under."

Los Angeles, California

"I looked at the card. It said: Jonathan Connor, Captain, Los Angeles Police Department. Then I heard a whisper from the other side."

Westside, Los Angeles, California

"☼The headline read VIETNAMESE GANG VIOLENCE ERUPTS ON WESTSIDE."

San Diego, California

"I had sent Michelle to stay with my mother in San Diego for the weekend, until things were sorted out. Elaine had driven her down, late last night."

Orange County, California

"The story reported that Peter Smith, an L.A.P.D. Special Services officer, was the target of a vicious grudge attack by an Orange County gang known as the Bitch Killers."

Inglewood, California

"According to the story, the Bitch Killers was thought to be the same gang that had walked up to a black two-year-old boy, Rodney Howard, and shot the child in the head while he was playing on his tricycle in the front yard of his Inglewood home a week earlier."

Washington, D.C., United States

"And the Japanese spend half a billion a year in Washington, to keep everybody calmed down."

Culver City, California

"I had lunch with Connor at a sushi bar in Culver City. As we were pulling up, someone was placing a CLOSED sign in the window. He saw Connor, and flipped it to say OPEN."

America, United States

"I have many Japanese friends who work in America, and it's hard for them, too."

Los Angeles, California

"…and the surrounding skyscrapers looked close, even in the L.A. haze."

New York, New York

"‘Head of Nakamoto America. Based in New York.’"

Parker Center, Los Angeles, California

"As I was coming out of the ground-floor entrance to Parker Center, walking out by the fountains, a Japanese man in a suit stopped me."

Santa Monica Freeway, Los Angeles, California

"I was driving on the Santa Monica freeway. The signs overhead had been spray-painted by gangs. I was aware of how uneven and bumpy the roadway was."

Westwood, Los Angeles, California

"To the right, the skyscrapers around Westwood stood hazy in smog."

Texas, United States

"She talked about what Cheryl had been like, as a little girl. How she had grown up in Texas."

Japan, Asia

"He was destined to spend the rest of his life in Japan in a madogiwazoku. A window seat. Somebody who's bypassed by corporate decisions, and stares out the window all day."

Italy, Europe

"Theresa Asakuma explained it was not her room; it belonged to a friend who was studying in Italy for a term."

Mexico City, Mexico

"I said I thought Eddie had probably gone back to Japan. Or to Mexico, where he had said earlier that he wanted to go."

Japan, Asia

"You never told me why you left Japan."

Santa Monica Freeway, Los Angeles, California

"We were bouncing along the potholes of the Santa Monica freeway, heading downtown."

New York, New York

"Lenny. In New York. Over the backhaul."

New York, New York

"She's always traveling. New York, Washington, Seattle . . . she meets him. She's madly in love with him."

Los Angeles, California

"L.A. has four homicides a day; there's another one every six hours."

Los Angeles, California

"The Los Angeles Times is the most profitable newspaper in America. The newsroom takes up one entire floor of the Times building, and thus is the area of a city block."

Los Angeles, California

"Connor waved from an elegant, tiny sushi bar and said, 'Say hello to Imae. The best sushi chef in Los Angeles. Imae-san, Sumisu-san."

United States

"One of the thousands of Japanese who studied in America in the seventies. When they were sending 150,000 students a year to America, to learn about our country."

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

"I picked up a brochure from the coffee table. It was the annual report of Darley-Higgins Management Group, with offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. I found a picture of Arthur Greiman. He looked happy and self-satisfied. The report included an essay signed by him entitled, "A Commitment to Excellence."

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