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The Japanese Mafia: Yakuza, Law, and the State by Peter B. E. Hill

The Japanese Mafia: Yakuza, Law, and the State Peter B. E. Hill ebook
ISBN: 0199257523, 9781435619029
Page: 336
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Format: pdf

The Kudo-kai are something of an exception and are marked as such by the Japanese police, who have tried to have anti-gang laws altered to take account of this particularly unpleasant and violent bunch. Ironically, due to a series of laws cracking down on organized crime, the yakuza themselves are ordering their members to remove tattoos or not get them in the first place. Mar 23, 2013 - In Japan, while there are several laws regulating the activities of the yakuza, the groups themselves are not illegal. They maintain offices, have business cards, and run a network of front companies. Mar 19, 2014 - 123 comments to KPFA in Japan: I've learned over 800 people have disappeared from Fukushima plant — “May have been killed or died during work” — “Gov't actually in business with the Yakuza” (AUDIO). Aug 6, 2013 - 2.1.1 Rituals 3 Syndicates 3.1 Three largest syndicates 3.2 Designated boryokudan 3.3 Other notable bōryokudan 4 Current activities 4.1 Japan 4.1.1 Yakuza's aid in Tōhoku catastrophe 4.2 United States 4.3 North Korea . Jan 2, 2013 - In Japan, where tattoos are seen as a sign of being a yakuza, (member of the Japanese mafia) the tattoo “witch hunt” is in danger of alienating a large number of Japanese citizens and tourists as “tattoos” become more and more fashionable. Jan 15, 2014 - A mafia will certainly be organized too, almost a shadow state with its codes of conduct, oaths and hierarchies. The Mafia and the Japanese Yakuza) as a strictly capitalist phenomenon, and the present condition of international law and its institutions, in so far as it suffers from certain historical and state-specific cratological limitations. It's common now to hear of, say, the Russian Mafia, and many gangs are keen to use the name as a hat tip to the most influential organized . Although yakuza membership has declined following an anti-gang law aimed specifically at yakuza and passed by the Japanese government in 1992, there are thought to be more than 103,000 active yakuza members in Japan today.