Organized Crime, Volume 1: The Yakuza

For many of us, the word “Yakuza” conjures images of full-body tattoos and severed pinkies, but the actual legacy of organized crime in Japan is much more nuanced. Are members of the Yakuza modern-day Samurai, protectors of the common people, or just a bunch of stone-cold killers? Join Shane and Duncan for an exploration of Japan's most famous criminal organization. 

 

In this episode: 

• Yakuza: Good Samaritans?
• Nomenclature: Boryokudan vs Ninkyo Dantai
• Origins: Bakuto and Tekiya
• Hierarchy: Oyabun and Kobun
• Yubitsume (ritual amputation)
• Irezumi (ritual tattooing) 
• The largest Yakuza clan: the Yamaguchi Gumi
• The infamous "Concrete-Encased High School Girl Murder Case"
• The Anti-Boryokudan acts
• ...and more

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