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Nov 26, 2021 · Our reporters met with a Yakuza clan that is still active in southern Osaka. Facing increasing repression from the government and family splits, some worry that this is the end of organised crime...
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- Constantin SIMON
May 19, 2024 · Yakuza membership has fallen significantly after extensive police restrictions. The yakuza membership shrunk to 20,400 last year, a third of what it was two decades ago, according to the National Police Agency.
Sep 6, 2021 · Satoru Nomura, head of the Kudo-kai group in Fukuoka, was found guilty of murder and three assaults after a trial held without a jury due to fears of possible intimidation. If a planned appeal fails, he will be hanged. We’ll find out about it after it happens.
- Philip Patrick
Aug 28, 2021 · If a planned appeal fails, he will be hanged. We’ll find out about it after it happens. What makes the case remarkable is that no evidence was presented linking Nomura directly with the crimes...
- 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.
May 18, 2024 · Police in Japan who were busy tracking thousands of yakuza members just a few years ago have set their eyes on a new threat: unorganized and loosely connected groups they believe are behind a series of crimes once dominated by yakuza.
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Jan 5, 2018 · While law enforcement agencies congratulate themselves on the plummeting membership of Japan’s organized crime groups, sociologist Hirosue Noboru warns that current laws and attitudes are driving...
