Japan Subculture Research Center

Police sources say, " In our eyes, we have more respect for Hashimoto (the yakuza boss) than Shimada. At least Hashimoto doesn’t beat up women.”

Popular comedian Shimada Shinsuke had extensive dealings with an organized crime boss and retired hastily before the details were written up in a weekly magazine.

“Unprotected contact with organized crime can be bad for your life. Just say no.”

Recreational drugs becoming a risky business in clubs

Can the party that created Japan's nuclear industry also clean it up?

Director Jake Clennell gives the deets on what exactly the film was about

Sneaky attempts to manipulate public opinion meltdown

Editor’s note: Mr. Bryan sent us JSRC the book a few months ago but as we were getting ready to post the review, 3/11 came upon us. It seemed like…

President Obama cancels his yakuza fanzine subscription

Japan Subculture Research Center is going through puberty and heading towards adulthood. After a long discussion with the Japan Subculture Research Center team, we’ve decided to expand the blog to…