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We take bullets very seriously. Even the fake ones. Part 1.
A few weeks ago, I had to go apologize to a yakuza boss. Always a scary thing, especially when you’re in the wrong. He had agreed to help out with(...)
Posted in Dark Side of the Sun, Yakuza 4 Comments
24-Hour Tokyo: Tokyo Government To Run Subway Line All Night?!! Scoop!
There is serious talk in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government of running the city managed subway systems Toei Chikatetsu（都営地下鉄) 24 hours a day when Haneda Airport opens to more international flights(...)
Everything I Ever Needed To Know I Learned From The Yakuza Or The Cops. Entry #02
"Nothing is just business. Everything is personal. If you bring the war to us, we'll bring the war to you--right where you live. So don't fuck with us." And they only have to demonstrate that once for people to get the point. Expose how they make their money, get some of them arrested, pass on information to the police about their criminal activites--whether it's human trafficking or just illegal gambling--and you will quickly learn how intolerant the noble yakuza can be.
Posted in Dark Side of the Sun, Yakuza 17 Comments
Everything I Ever Really Needed To Know I Learned From The Yakuza or The Cops
There are no small promises. You need to learn this now if you’re going to be a good reporter and if you’re going to walk in and out of our world. If you’re going to be a man. Trust is built on little promises and it can all be lost by failure to live up to them. All promises are important. Do you know the saying, 武士に二言はない--bushi ni nigon wa nai? *Literally—A samurai does not have a second word.
Posted in Organized Crime, Tokyo Vice, Yakuza 32 Comments
The joys of having people wanting to kill you and other thoughts: ABC interview (Australia)