Yakuza University: It’s a hard knock education
Le monde criminel possède souvent son propre langage et ses propres expressions. Les yakuza ne font pas exception à la règle. Par exemple, plutôt que de dire « aller en…
AKB48: A Microcosm Of Dark Corporate Japan. Sexual exploitation of child labor is sooo cute. (Book review)
Shohei Sakakura has linked Black Companies with the nation's most famous and lucrative girl group AKB 48. "AKB48 and the Black Companies," and his indictments make Walmart look like a…
Confessions of A Yakuza Bodyguard/芸能界のドンの用心棒の告白
It may come across as an excuse but the entertainment industry will never see the end to altercations with the local yakuza regarding profit. When I was requested to be…
Bitcoin Exchange Kraken Joins The Mt Gox Investigation; The collapse still shrouded in darkness
Ten months after Mt Gox’s fiasco, bitcoin businesses launch one after the other in Japan, one of the rare countries where bitcoin is easily regulated. Concerns rise over the ability…
The Guardian of Japan’s Underworld Has Gone To The Other Underworld
Morikazu Tanaka, an ex-prosecutor turned mouthpiece for the mob (yakuza) and other shady characters, passed away Saturday at the age of 71. Tanaka personified the image of former prosecutors in…
Ray Bradbury, Journalism & Mr. Dark. “You can’t act if you don’t know.”
"Have I said anything I started out to say about being good? God, I don't know. A stranger is shot in the street, you hardly move to help. But if,…
Japanese Thugs In Osaka Learn That Crime Does Not Pay…if you post yourself on YouTube committing the crime
The two Japanese thugs from Osaka uploaded videos of themselves threatening store staff and forcing them to kowtow and then made off with 6 cartons of cigarettes.
After months of debate, Japan’s court tell stalking victim, “We won’t protect you”
Japanese courts reject a temporary restraining order for stalking victim Ikumi Yoshimatsu, who filed the request this January.
Ninkyodo, dude! Even The Yakuza Are Speaking English Now
Maybe the detective was right, because while the Yamaguchi-gumi may not have substantially expanded their operations, they are certainly trying to expand their appeal internationally. Recently, they debuted their own…
A Benediction For The Bereaved
May the frightened cease to be afraid And those bound be freed. May the powerless find power And may people think of benefiting each other.