Yakuza and Triad have one thing in common: they adopt the least Confucian principles to their own groups.

That's all movie stuff. They don't want anyone to know who they are anymore so they quit cutting off fingers. Some don't even have tattoos. It would be like the Mafia wearing "Hello, I'm in the Mafia" T-shirts. They want a low profile.

Anyone hear about the prosthetics thing? There's a woman who discovered a way to make very realistic prosthetic hands and fingers for people who'd lost them in accidents and so on, only to find she had dozens of Yakuza queuing at her door, wanting to retire to another area or keep their activities hidden from their families and needed to hide their missing fingers to do so.

I know that, MMM. I'm not stupid here. I am well aware of the Yakuza's instincts.

I never said you were stupid. I am just saying the Yakuza is not something you can just quit.

People sure are sensitive today.

I agree with MMM..

The Yakuza is bigger than most think.. They are embedded in politics and large financial companies in Japan..

The brothels are openly popular in Japan and I've heard that the larger majority is run by the Yakuza..

Imagine what would happen if they died!

Maybe a big recession. :confused: I don't know I'm just guessing here. Maybe something else might happen.

Yakuza- A discussion about the Japanese gang
 

I barely understand what the Yakuza are and what they do. Mom is freaking out about the Yakuza because she heard/ read something about them that was bias and inaccurate. So can you help me out? ANY and all information on them will help.

Why is your mom freaking out about them? Do you live in Japan?

No, I don't. She's afraid that if I do live in Japan and work for a Japanese company I'll be somehow involved in the Yakuza or something. She thinks the Yakuza on EVERYTHING in Japan even down to the Manga and Anime companies. I kind of think she's kind of crazy to be thinking like that. Again, can you help?

Considering that organized crime is well established in most countries, perhaps you should sound her out about the organization she knows best. Then maybe she will see the correlation and the odds of your involvement would not be any higher than they would be at home.

Between mafia, biker gangs, hoods, triads and just haphazardly formed gangs where I live, I can't see yakuza as much more of a problem.

Thanks, I might do that. But one more question, because of what my mom read she thinks Japan's government is corrupt because she thinks they wont do anything about the Yakuza. The same artical was pretty bias and forgot to mention a law that was passed that CAN put a person who's involved in a gang longer in jail. This is the same law that was passed here in the states.

So my question is, is my Mom right or is she wrong?

I don't think it is a question of if she is right or if she is wrong. Westerners, especially, have the least to worry about when it comes to the Yakuza. The Yakuza don't mess with Westerners because culturally we won't fall for the same intimidation tactics that native-Japanese will. Westerners are not targets.

She should be as fearful of the Yakuza in Japan as she is fearful of the Mafia in the US. For 99% of the country it is nothing more than news stories.

Of course the government is corrupt. All governments are corrupt. I fear them more than Yakuza, better armed and legal.:eek:

yes yakuza still there i live in akihabara and know some im not yakuza but i rep yakuza street gangs its like this now. when gangsta's come to japan or hiphop gets big specialy southern mexicano rap there starts to be japanese who want to be gangsta so they work with yakuza and create small groups like street soliders. im chill with yakuza and there small gangs but im more class haha. but yea pretty much it drive around in nissan V.I.P tuned cars yu name it. sorry english is mai weak language lol.

Where in Akihabara do you live now?

I don't understand what it is you do. You represent Yakuza street gangs? Like bosozoku? I didn't realize they were into spanish hip-hop.

haha the tatoo's are honor to have i have a full back tatoo of dragon choking a koi fish. the tatoos are more stories then just tatoo. for instance i used to love koi fish then mai koi fish died and this girl i loved was in a gang called ADC (animals dont care) and she was a gold fish she rejected me and it pissed me off i hate dthe whole gang so i had the dragon which represented me choking all the animals like the gold fish (koi fish).

明神ー秋葉原。貴方の　日本語人　なん　ですか？Okai in pure english we have street gangs jux like amerika mostly blood actually almost all blood haha they have red lowrider and where very baggy cloths with red tall tee shirt and red flat beak hats and bandana these are the street soliders. ボソゾク　Is not as famous but theres still but there more into like choppers and street drifting and like rock music haha。　

日本語人って何?もしかして「日本人」のこと？俺は日� �人ちゃうけど、お前よりぜんぜん近い。
なんでまだバンされていないの理由は、どんだけあほの ことを言うのを見たいから。

これって何？

渡しは　「Real」　日本語人　です根。　あなたの　「Wa nnabe」　ですよ！

日本の小学の一年生はこれを見ると、めちゃ笑ける。お 前はあきばじゃなくて、アラスカやろう。

貴方の　ぶずう　ですよ！あなたはにせです。私はjapane seです.だれかに尋ねに行ってください。私はakihabaraであ なたをたやすく痛めつけさせます。

O yea stop using a translator it show foo

You mean you weren't kidding? You really are trying to say you are a Japanese living in Akihabara (a really hip spot for Japanese gangsters to hang)?

Seriously? Your signature screams "I am a Japanese faker!"

For starters わたし is 私, not 渡し (a kind of ferry). And I don't know how many guys who represent yakuza gangsters would use わたし anyway. But keep it up and prove me wrong.

Classic. Please, point out my errors.

Yu been to akihabara haha yu been to tokyo haha big place how about hokkaido sapporo lol yuzhno-sakhalin, sakhalinsk　Haha yu most not be cool with modern kids in japan wat are yu like 40 grandpa yu heard of teriyaki boyz haahaa yu wouldnt know japanese if yu dont go to shinjuku or shibuya dude all the lil gangsta are like teens haha

That why i dont need this site bunch a fake man no japanese here at least real serious japanese who no wat cool pshhh try talk about drinking or racing　Shing02 or at least teriyaki boyz seed or okda nujabes anarchy good music haha iｎstead of anime or manga all day gothic naruto wannabe freaks

You really aren't addressing the questions, either in Japanese or in English. But I think it is pretty clear what is going on here (ha ha).

All I will ask is don't talk about things you know nothing about. Before you run off, never to be seen again, just let me make it clear to anyone who would read your words, that ToKiMoNsta does not live anywhere near Akihabara, and is nothing near a Japanese native speaker.

This is the part where he is "too good" for this site and saunters off. What that is called is "escaping".

You tried, you got caught, and don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

OLD ASS SKOOL JAPANESE SPEACH GET WITH THE SLANG FOO

なめとんかい？Seriously, you don't want to go there.

Wow what yu trying to protect these kids they havent even been to japan most of them who claim they have and say there taking a trip but dont yea haha i got no worries remember im not japanese im mongolian, ainu, and russian im a citizen of japan fuu. i stay here as long as i can at least im stirring trouble haha｡ SERIOUS JAPANESE｡

くたばれ!糞｡｡｡｡｡｡｡｡｡｡｡どけ! 話しますか？

Actually I am trying to protect the kids.

You are a Japanese citizen living in Japan? Are you going to stick with this story?

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最高！悪い言葉を使って、それから敬語。おもろすぎ。

Yu like talk lot shit huh grandpa go Get lost in tokyo i be　Somewhere in the streets then we see how japanese yu is or want to be by becoming a translator yu otaku freak

So who are you in the video?

Gangsta. Not gangster. Gangsta. There is a difference.

Man fuu we jux be gangsta all dai er dai rep dat wat yu say yuu yakuza by trying ta scare me Hahah yu not yu live in washington or orgeon i bet haha is jux da way we is gangsta fuu dont hate yu aint citizen and yu aint noe so dont talk shit bout a subculture that yu aint experienced