UPDATE: 10 Thugs Club Man To Death While 300 People Dance at Roppongi Club
"The killing was meant to be a warning, not just a death sentence. The very public execution is more typical of Kansai and Kyushu yakuza are foreign gangs. It may…
Remembering Ms. Mika Yamamoto; War Journalist Killed In Action
Ms. Yamamoto had a very strong sense of justice, and she felt that what is right is right. However, currently in the Japanese society it is difficult to have such…
The Trial Of Minoru Tanaka: The high cost of investigative journalism in Japan & “the nuclear mafia”
An article which appeared last year in the December 16 issue of “Kinyobi” weekly written by Minoru Tanaka, resulted in a punitive lawsuit against him. The article called the head of a…
Japanese Government Literally Surrounded By Anti-Nuclear Protestors
Over 20,000 people marched on Japan’s parliament today, July 29th (Sunday/Japan time) to demand a ban on nuclear power. The demonstration concluded with a candle-lit human chain surrounding the Diet…
New Anti-Yakuza Laws Pass; Instant Arrests Now Possible (Fast As Ramen?)
On July 26th 2012, the National Diet approved the revisions of the Organized Crime Group Countermeasures Law (改正暴力団対策法). Under the new laws, the police can specially designate organized crime groups…
Police woman sexually harassed by “transvestite” cop and co-workers. Kanagawa PD uphold lousy rep.
Japanese media and other sources reported on July 27th, that the Kanagawa Police Department will discipline four police officers in their thirties for sexually harassing a junior female police officer.…
Japan’s “Nuclear Mafia” Pursuing Lawsuit to Muzzle Investigative Journalist
Tokyo – July 10th, 2012 Japan’s so-called “nuclear mafia”, the consortium of industry, bureaucracy, politicians and anti-social forces appears to have put out a “hit” on free-lance journalist, Minoru Tanaka.…
“Comfort Women” Show Makes Nikon Uncomfortable But Not Tokyo Courts
The “Comfort Women” Photo Exhibition makes Japanese historical revisionists and right-wingers uncomfortable. Nikon cancelled the showing but relented after Tokyo District Court ordered them to hold the show. “I cannot…
Japan’s Human Trafficking Problems Not Resolved: US State Department
The government has not identified a forced labor victim in Japan in 18 years, despite substantial evidence of abuses against workers in the Industrial Trainee and Technical Internship Program. Japan…
Yakuza Big Boss Has Big Bail: 1.5 Billion Yen
Kiyoshi Takayama, the second most powerful gangster in Japan, and for years the de facto head of the Yamaguchi-gumi (39,000 members) will be released for the remainder of his extortion…