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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

  1. Smurfed
    Highly interested
    December 9, 2011
  2. N1GHTWALKER823
    Nice video!
    December 9, 2011
  3. GrayAu
    Japanese Mafia anyone?
    December 9, 2011
  4. SouthernOregonOrgani
    @BusanKevin I wonder what they expected in return???
    December 9, 2011
  5. eskercurve
    Read "Tokyo Vice" by Jake Adelstein. Ballsiest guy I know, and stared down one of the worst yakuza bosses and won.
    December 9, 2011
  6. psc330
    Kevin, would the Korean gangster who showed you the weight lifting move be considered yakuza or are they completely different groups in korea?
    December 9, 2011
  7. psc330
    Kevin, would the Korean gangster who showed you the weight lifing move be considered yakuza or are they completely different groups in korea.
    December 9, 2011
  8. psc330
    they're not a gang; they're a club!
    December 9, 2011
  9. Oldenyouth
    All that good stuff...Kev is a good stuff...Bah...~ OLDY.
    December 9, 2011
  10. Brinah
    good stuff! :)
    December 9, 2011
  11. destructicon500
    @darksidepvp They prefer to be known as "humanitarian groups" lol
    December 8, 2011
  12. LLew821
    @BusanKevin Yamaguchi gumi for the WIN xD
    December 8, 2011
  13. GengoNoTabi
    I like these. I think they should be Japan 2 minutes. : )
    December 8, 2011
  14. HarrietKikzAss
    ... makes me want to become yakuza. sometimes i have very disturbing thoughts....
    December 8, 2011
  15. Graehaus
    Very cool info Kevin. :)
    December 8, 2011
  16. MrJingjong
    I used to read books about the Yakuza a lot. It's quite an interesting subject if you're into that kind of thing.
    December 8, 2011
  17. Feiam
    The Yakuza are watching you...
    December 8, 2011
  18. JDtheROBOT
    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
    December 8, 2011
  19. daewooparts
    still the biggest gangsters and racketeering scum is the politicians and the Gov't
    December 8, 2011
  20. Grahamcracker6366
    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.
    December 8, 2011
  21. BusanKevin
    @LaJYankee yup...began as a dock workers union in the 1940's I believe.
    December 8, 2011
  22. MrTetris88
    can you do a long video on the yakuza? it would be awesome
    December 8, 2011
  23. BusanKevin
    @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.
    December 8, 2011
  24. hippykiller1
    @darksidepvp This is very true but the Yakuza didn't want the press on their charitable works. It went largely unnoticed.
    December 8, 2011
  25. darksidepvp
    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.
    December 8, 2011