The Japanese Mafia: Yakuza, Law, and the State

The Japanese Mafia: Yakuza, Law, and the State Peter B. E. Hill
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The unwritten rules of the yakuza world dictate that once . By April of 1946, the occupying authorities (General Headquarters, or GHQ) decreed that all those residing in Japan must follow Japanese law. May 29, 2012 - Since that time, Yakuza activities have resembled those of the NY Mafia, including strong-arm debt collecting, labor disciplining for manufacturers, and protecting illicit businesses such as strip clubs and prostitution. The sophistication of the crime gangs has According to one in-depth investigation by NHK, the state broadcaster, a few yakuza gangs even operate their own stock-dealing floors, where millions of dollars of shares are traded every day. Traditionally tattooing in Japan was seen as a sign of barbarianism and only used as punishment. Aug 13, 2013 - In late 2011, Japan passed the first laws completely outlawing payments to the yakuza. It was only after WWII that it finally became legal after General MacArthur liberalised the laws. Hill, The Japanese Mafia: Yakuza, Law and the state Oxford University Press, 2003, pag. Nov 19, 2012 - Japanese mafia yakuza tattoo. It was outlawed in the 18th century and In 1936 those who sported tattoos were rejected from the army, seen as exhibiting signs of ill discipline. In the 17th century it was used exclusively to brand criminals and outcasts. Apr 10, 2011 - Japan has a very modest state drug rehabilitation programme, and it is still not uncommon for parents of addicts to turn over care of their wayward children to a local yakuza boss, who promises to cure them. TOKYO: The Japanese mafia, better known as the yakuza, has been the subject of fan magazines for decades. Feb 11, 2014 - Japan Won't Let Filmmakers Use the Yakuza for Movie Plots Anymore · VICE Special There is no way to determine—given Japan's new State Secrets law—the true extent of original damage, or the ongoing, uncontrolled release of radiation into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean, which has continued without pause. Oct 5, 2008 - Yet even as police and regulators rush to address soaring yakuza interference in the securities industry, close observers of the Japanese mafia believe that the problem now may be beyond control. In Fukuoka, police have taken . Oct 30, 2009 - yakuza-fan-magazines.