Local areas to beef up anti-organized crime legislature
There was news this week of four prefectures working on additional legislative measures to stop organized crime organizations from working their way into the operations and offices of legitimate businesses.…
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Hello to all the viewers of 60 Minutes or the readers of the Washington Post who have stopped by after seeing the program and/or reading the article. We’d like to…
Economics 101: The Yakuza Barometer
A look at why the yakuza hitting the books is a sure-fire sign that the economy is hitting rock bottom, by Bloomberg’s William Pesek, with added flavor from Jake Adelstein.…
Hard Times For A Nine-Fingered Man
from http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/japan/090205/even-gangsters-get-the-blues Even gangsters get the blues As Japan’s economy weakens, what are 80,000 gang members to do? By Justin McCurry Published: February 5, 2009 18:35 ET TOKYO — Kazuhiro…
Tokyo set for a turf war as recession-hit yakuza gangsters fight it out
An attractive residential backstreet, a highly desirable postcode and a hugely provocative bit of corporate relocation could unleash a murderous gang war on the streets of Tokyo.
Human Trafficking In Japan: An Older Report But Still Worth Reading
From 2006 to 2007, I worked on US State Department sponsored project to study human trafficking in Japan, and contributed a large portion of the final report. At the time,…
Happy New Year! 今年もよろしく
Takayama Wakagashira : The Defacto Leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi is alive and well….more or less. 2009 should be an interesting year for us all and an especially interesting year in the world of organized crime. Around the close of the year, Takayama…
Yakuza bosses take legal classes to evade strict new law
Japan's most powerful gangsters are mugging up on legal terminology in an attempt to skirt strict new laws that make them liable for crimes committed by their henchmen.
Living With The Mob: Yakuza Deeply Rooted In Japan
YAKUZA WARS by David McNeill and Jake Adelstein A bloody dispute between two rival Yakuza groups in a southern Japanese city has led to a historic fight-back by local…
From the Times Online: Yakuza stalk Japanese markets as organised crime opens new front
From The Times August 28, 2008 By Leo Lewis, Asia Business Correspondent Japan’s powerful yakuza organised crime syndicates are mounting a widespread assault on the country’s financial markets that may…