Japan gets tough on yakuza gangsters

[forgottenyears]

Call it a sign of the times for Japan's yakuza crime syndicates -- placards on the fence around one of Tokyo's most high-profile building sites warn: "Gangsters not welcome."

Developers of Tokyo's Sky Tree broadcast tower, set to be the world's highest when it's finished next year, are doing what long seemed unthinkable, shutting the door on the

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[glassrose_85]

i thought yakuza stuff are only real in kitani takeshi movies....

but with the unemployment i think some people might choose this path

but with all the "gangs" and "networks" the world have ,yakuza is just "historical"

and i think really the mangas/movies helped young generation *think* they r fine and not "evil"

i saw the Kiyoshi Takayama pic..dude he reminded me of beat takeshi in his movies.....

[newsvsyamapi]

Interesting post, it's nic to get an overview of what's really going on in reality
Thanks !