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Living With The Mob: Yakuza Deeply Rooted In Japan
Once the yakuza move in, they don't move out easily.
YAKUZA WARS
by David McNeill and Jake Adelstein
A bloody dispute between two rival Yakuza groups in a southern Japanese city has led to a historic fight-back by local people. But rooting out the mob from society will not be easy.
“Get lost.” Not a promising start to an interview but this is hardly a standard interviewee: a flint-eyed gangster sporting a crew cut and a boiler suit. His two colleagues glower from behind oversized sunglasses and thick layers of suspicion. Rippling tattoos snake out of the rolled-up sleeves of Goon No. 1. “Kieusero,” [Fuck Off], he growls before slamming down the shutter of his office garage.
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http://japanfocus.org/_David_McNeill__J_Adelstein-Yakuza_Wars