Three Lessons I Learned On The Police Beat: For My High School
I wanted to share with the students the things in life I wish I'd learned when I was younger. 継続は力 (Keizoku wa Chikara). Persistence is power. Sometimes, the only difference…
UPDATE: Japan’s 3rd Most Powerful Yakuza Boss Arrested On Money Laundering Charges
This week Kazuo aka Kazuya Uchibori, the de facto head of the Inagawa-kai, Japan’s 3rd largest organized crime group, turned himself into the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. He was wanted on…
「組長って辛いよ」 後藤組組員らによる殺人事件関連損害賠償請求訴訟の背景
この頃、かたぎ(一般人)の殺害の費用が２億円近くにまで値上がりをしてしまい、それは殺人依頼の額ではなく、組員が殺人を起こした時の賠償額なのだ！ 元をたとれば、殺人のインフレの始まりは、山口組末端組員の愚行だ。数年前、京都府のマグドナルドで山口組末端組員がチーズバーガーを食い逃げした事に始まり上部団体組長や山口組組長にまでに求められて損害賠償の動きが高まってきた。
Yakuza Comix: An Illustrated Guide To The Front Company フロント企業図解
To give you an idea of the scale of organized crime front companies in Japan, in Tokyo alone, there were over 1,000 at the end of 2010. And those are…
UPDATE: 10 Thugs Club Man To Death While 300 People Dance at Roppongi Club
"The killing was meant to be a warning, not just a death sentence. The very public execution is more typical of Kansai and Kyushu yakuza are foreign gangs. It may…
Killing Yourself To Make A Living: In Japan Financial Incentives Reward “Suicide”
In post-war Japan, people would sign a life insurance contract. And go straight out, and kill themselves under the nearest train. Eventually, the life insurance companies started putting in one-year…
New Anti-Yakuza Laws Pass; Instant Arrests Now Possible (Fast As Ramen?)
On July 26th 2012, the National Diet approved the revisions of the Organized Crime Group Countermeasures Law (改正暴力団対策法). Under the new laws, the police can specially designate organized crime groups…
Yakuza Big Boss Has Big Bail: 1.5 Billion Yen
Kiyoshi Takayama, the second most powerful gangster in Japan, and for years the de facto head of the Yamaguchi-gumi (39,000 members) will be released for the remainder of his extortion…
Yakuza Go On The Record About 3/11 Relief Efforts In July Fanzine (実話時代）
"The Inagawa-kai is a yakuza group and our family motto is one word 我慢 (gaman/endurance). This is a time when that motto is very important--in the face of a rain…
Police Arrest Yakuza Labor Broker In “Nuclear Mafia” Crackdown; Investigation Continues
Portions of this article were previously posted on The Atlantic Wire and have been updated. After the arrest of a yakuza boss for his alleged role in supplying workers to TEPCO’s Fukushima Daichi…