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Oct 10, 2012 · Japan’s notorious homegrown mafia, the yakuza, is different. Sure they are a gang, but to compare them to Colombian drug lords or the Bloods or Crips of Los Angeles is not fair. Operations, publicity, and even acceptance of yakuza are on a different level than other criminal enterprises.
- Japan Today
- Treat your ‘oyabun’ with respect. In yakuza gangs, there’s a structure called “oyabun-kobun” that you’d be foolish to disobey. Oyabun refers to the “father” and kobun to his loyal “son”.
- Don’t steal from the everyday man. The romanticised vision of the yakuza paints them as Robin Hood-like figures, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor; committing white-collar crimes while helping everyday people when they’re in need.
- Don’t disrupt the harmony of the gang or touch the partner of a fellow member. Being in the yakuza is like being part of a brotherhood. Once you don the hallmarks of a Japanese gangster – tattoos from head-to-toe and a half pinky – it’s a ride or die situation.
- Never involve yourself with drugs. Although the initiation into the yakuza involves the new son drinking sake with their oyabun, when it comes to drug dealing and drug use, the majority of yakuza gangs are staunchly against it.
Jan 16, 2024 · Wives and partners of the members support the group in a peripheral way. Some get involved to the extent that they manage yakuza-owned clubs or deal drugs.
Jan 17, 2024 · Nichimura Mako, bottom left, is the only woman to ever formally join a yakuza gang as a full member. Dr Martina Baradel, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the Department, writes for The Conversation: Nishimura Mako is a petite woman in her late fifties, with flowing hair and a delicate face.
Dec 3, 2020 · In recent years, foreign reporters in Tokyo have written about the decline of Japanese organized crime – the yakuza – owing to the passage of new anti-yakuza regulations. They’ve predicted the eventual fading away of the country’s unique criminal subculture.
- Grant Newsham
Sep 15, 2015 · Last month, Japan’s largest crime group split into two main factions. But what is the yakuza, how much influence do they wield, and what could this split mean?
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Nov 5, 2019 · Considering the yakuza go around killing people, it's weird that cops spend some of their time attempting to keep the gangsters from drinking sake. But the yakuza's formal sakazuki ceremony is so important in underworld culture that police try to ban it, reports Kyoto Journal.
