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Japan Minute: Yakuza

Everything you wanted to know about Japan in a minute or less! A "Japan Minute" might be about history, popular culture, fashion, music, anime or more! This episode is about the Yakuza or organized crime gangs in Japan. Follow me: Twitter twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com My FAN PAGE: www.facebook.com Google+ plus.google.com

View Count: 468 Date: December 8, 2011

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  • Smurfed December 9, 2011

    Highly interested

  • N1GHTWALKER823 December 9, 2011

    Nice video!

  • GrayAu December 9, 2011

    Japanese Mafia anyone?

  • SouthernOregonOrgani December 9, 2011

    @BusanKevin I wonder what they expected in return???

  • eskercurve December 9, 2011

    Read "Tokyo Vice" by Jake Adelstein. Ballsiest guy I know, and stared down one of the worst yakuza bosses and won.

  • psc330 December 9, 2011

    Kevin, would the Korean gangster who showed you the weight lifting move be considered yakuza or are they completely different groups in korea?

  • psc330 December 9, 2011

    Kevin, would the Korean gangster who showed you the weight lifing move be considered yakuza or are they completely different groups in korea.

  • psc330 December 9, 2011

    they're not a gang; they're a club!

  • Oldenyouth December 9, 2011

    All that good stuff...Kev is a good stuff...Bah...~ OLDY.

  • Brinah December 9, 2011

    good stuff! :)

  • destructicon500 December 8, 2011

    @darksidepvp They prefer to be known as "humanitarian groups" lol

  • LLew821 December 8, 2011

    @BusanKevin Yamaguchi gumi for the WIN xD

  • GengoNoTabi December 8, 2011

    I like these. I think they should be Japan 2 minutes. : )

  • HarrietKikzAss December 8, 2011

    ... makes me want to become yakuza. sometimes i have very disturbing thoughts....

  • Graehaus December 8, 2011

    Very cool info Kevin. :)

  • MrJingjong December 8, 2011

    I used to read books about the Yakuza a lot. It's quite an interesting subject if you're into that kind of thing.

  • Feiam December 8, 2011

    The Yakuza are watching you...

  • JDtheROBOT December 8, 2011

    From what I understand (from residents) at least in Fukuoka, the Yakuza have earned a lot of respect and admiration from the people. They're more known as keepers of the peace than anything else

  • daewooparts December 8, 2011

    still the biggest gangsters and racketeering scum is the politicians and the Gov't

  • Grahamcracker6366 December 8, 2011

    We have one here in the states that dates back to the 80s called Cobra Kai. They don't use weapons...they just sweep the leg. The best defense against them is a crane kick.

  • BusanKevin December 8, 2011

    @LaJYankee yup...began as a dock workers union in the 1940's I believe.

  • MrTetris88 December 8, 2011

    can you do a long video on the yakuza? it would be awesome

  • BusanKevin December 8, 2011

    @darksidepvp probably true. After the 1995 earthquake here in kobe, the Yamaguchi gumi reacted much after than the government. they supplied food, blankets, clothes and even cash to those in need.

  • hippykiller1 December 8, 2011

    @darksidepvp This is very true but the Yakuza didn't want the press on their charitable works. It went largely unnoticed.

  • darksidepvp December 8, 2011

    Is it true that when the tsunami hit Japan, the Yakuza were one of the first to respond by sending out trucks with supplies to the hardest hit and remote areas affected? I remember the BBC posting a story about it but wasn't sure if it was true or not.

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