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1. japantoday.com › category › featuresYakuza: Kind-hearted criminals or monsters in suits?

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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.

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   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.

4. globalinitiative.net › analysis › the-last-yakuza-aThe last Yakuza: A life in the Japanese underworld, with ...

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   Oct 2, 2024 · The Yakuza, Japan’s notorious organized crime syndicates, have long wielded considerable influence over local communities, politics and the criminal underworld. Though they occupy a unique place in Japanese society, their power is gradually waning.

5. www.sociology.ox.ac.uk › article › the-story-of-theThe story of the only woman to join Japan’s yakuza: Martina ...

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   Jan 17, 2024 · The yakuza is dominated by men and leaves only informal roles to women. Typically a woman involved with the yakuza might be an anesan, a boss’ wife who takes care of young affiliates and mediates between them and her husband. Wives and partners of the members support the group in a peripheral way.

6. asiatimes.com › 2020 › 12Yakuza alive, well and still kicking in Japan - Asia Times

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   Dec 3, 2020 · From a certain perspective, the yakuza resemble a large hedge fund, a private equity operation or a good-sized sovereign wealth fund. And in terms of sophistication, global reach and funding, they are practically indistinguishable from their legitimate counterparts.

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7. www.cnn.com › 2015/09/15 › asiaThe yakuza: Inside Japan’s murky criminal underworld | CNN

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   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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   Are Yakuza kind-hearted criminals or monsters in suits?

   • Yakuza: Kind-hearted criminals or monsters in suits? 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.

   Yakuza: Kind-hearted criminals or monsters in suits?

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   Are Yakuza gangs violent?

   • Violence for the most part happens between gang branches or non-yakuza gangs within Japan. The yakuza punish their own, sometimes infamously forcing the person who did wrong to remove the tip of a finger as a form of apology. The yakuza are even known to reduce some crime. They will often police themselves.

   Yakuza: Kind-hearted criminals or monsters in suits?

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   Are Yakuza criminals?

   • Operations, publicity, and even acceptance of yakuza are on a different level than other criminal enterprises. The yakuza do care about their public image and that is reflected in their evil and good (!) activities. An argument for evil This shouldn’t be too hard, right? The yakuza are criminals.

   Yakuza: Kind-hearted criminals or monsters in suits?

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   Who is a yakuza woman?

   • The yakuza is dominated by men and leaves only informal roles to women. Typically a woman involved with the yakuza might be an anesan, a boss’ wife who takes care of young affiliates and mediates between them and her husband. Wives and partners of the members support the group in a peripheral way.

   ‘I never lost a fight against a man’: the story of the only woman to

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   Are Yakuza illegal in Japan?

   • But their real wealth comes from completely legitimate businesses, which are often clearly marked as being yakuza owned. That's because the yakuza is, technically, not illegal. While Japan has brought in stricter laws against organized crime in the 21st century, just existing is not a legitimate reason for police to do anything.

   Yakuza: The Truth Behind Japan's Massive Crime Syndicate

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   Are there organized crime syndicates in Japan?

   • Lots of countries have organized crime syndicates, but perhaps none of them quite compare to Japan's yakuza. The yakuza are extremely violent, but they also hide in plain sight and many are known to the government. Here's the story behind the yakuza.

   Yakuza: The Truth Behind Japan's Massive Crime Syndicate

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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.