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Avatar Posted by Jordan 48 days ago (http://www.tokyoreporter.com)
Category: General | Tags: yakuza roppongi tokyo gangster
An interesting write up by CJ at the Tokyo Reporter on the demolition of the Toa Sogo Kigyo Celebrity Choice Club building in Roppongi and the seedy yakuza rich past surrounding the building. read more »
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Avatar Posted by LetsJapan 68 days ago (http://www.letsjapan.markmode.com)
Category: Discrimination | Tags: pool tattoo ban yakuza summer
Tattoos prevent poolside family fun. US service personnel irked too. read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 134 days ago (http://www.atypicallife.com)
Category: Strange | Tags: yakuza transplants fbi
The LA times has confirmed that the FBI coordinated liver transplants for 4 yakuza - but did they pay for them too? read more »
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Avatar Posted by WordsnCollision 219 days ago (http://inventorspot.com)
Category: Culture | Tags: japan tattoo yakuza women art
Japanese gangsters, their wives, mistresses and girlfriends often sport elaborate tattoos, often intricately detailed and breathtakingly beautiful. Slightly NSFW. read more »
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Avatar Posted by RSON 236 days ago (http://www.risingsunofnihon.com)
Category: Culture | Tags: mobster yakuza
Japan's yakuza is cutting back, hiring freeters, part-timers.

For the second straight year, the number of part-time gangsters in Japan has outnumbered the full-time crooks. read more »
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Avatar Posted by kenzo 282 days ago (http://www.mutantfrog.com)
Category: Strange | Tags: tokyo crime yakuza
Adamu from the Mutant Frog Travelogue describes the gang fight by his apartment in Tokyo. read more »
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