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Ken Eto: The Japanese-American Mafiosi

The Outfit

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Dan and Alana revisit the story of Ken Eto, nicknamed “Tokyo Joe,” whose experience of racist persecution and American internment camps set him up for a life lived in the margins — and high up inside the Chicago Outfit. That is, before a fabulous FBI agent with a gun in her Gucci derails his underworld climb.


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Read Dan’s *award winning* Chicago Magazine story on Ken Eto here!


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