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JSRC is now on Twitter!
Just a bit of housekeeping: Japan Subculture Research Center now has a Twitter feed exclusively for updates. A slightly simpler way to find out about new posts than RSS for…
J-League team employee arrested for production of child porn
An employee of the Montedio Yamagata J-League football team was arrested October 14 after it was discovered he requested and received pornographic videos from an underage girl. While it is…
Yakuza Not Leaving The Construction Industry With A Whimper But A Bang
Yakuza are not happy being forced out of the construction industry in Japan and are responding with destructive criticism. The Tokyo City Government is expected to pass an organized crime…
Shobadai scuffle with kebab truck gets Sumiyoshi-kai arrested
Eight members of the Sumiyoshi-kai were arrested this week for threatening a doner kebab vendor who was operating in a Roppongi parking lot. According to police, the group is suspected…
Yakuza guise helps man get underage girl
A Kawasaki salaryman was arrested for purchasing the services of a 14-year-old girl while posing as a yakuza who was organizing enjokosai online. After attracting the girl through a Web…
Construction companies begin to lay yakuza-free foundations
For those who don’t keep up with the Japan Times, Brett Bull has a great article up about efforts within the construction industry to drive out yakuza groups, focusing on…
Hiroshima councilman arrested for using yakuza as threat
One member of a city council in Hiroshima prefecture was arrested with three others September 21 for threatening a local man over troubles involving a woman back in May. The…
Taito residents move to block Kodo-kai invasion
Residents in a Taito-ku neighborhood will launch an anti-organized crime community group October 3 as a reaction to the recent move of a Kodo-kai front company from the wealthy Azabu-juban…
Man 'couldn't refuse' when asked by crush for child porn
A 38-year-old Kanagawa man was arrested September 24 under suspicion of loaning out to an acquaintance four CDs containing pornographic images of young boys. According to police, the disks contained…
Singing cops throw away retirement plans to serenade fellow seniors
From the sugary sweet yet sexy AKB48 to… retired cops?! Yasushi Akimoto, the producer and director famous for pandering to the desires of millions of 40s and 50s-ish salarymen in…