reported on October 18 that on the 18th, Kiyoji Takayama, the second leader of the Yamaguchi Group, Japan’s largest criminal gang, ended his sentence and was released from the Fuchu Criminal Service in Tokyo, Japan. As soon as he was released from prison, he took the Shinkansen to Nagoya to meet with the "top leader" of the Yamaguchi group.
Takayama Kiyoshi is 72 years old. He was sentenced to 6 years in prison in 2013 for collecting huge protection fees and intimidation.
Takayama Kiyoshi
Takayama Kiyoshi is the No. 2 figure in the Yamaguchi group, the most influential triad organization in Japan.
On October 10, eight days before his release from prison, a gang rage occurred in Kobe City. Two gang members were shot and killed. The incident was located in a residential street about 500 meters from the Hyogo Prefecture Police Headquarters. The murderer was a member of the opposition Yamaguchi organization (with the Yamaguchi group),
(Since April this year, there have been many attempts to wound people with swords between the two designated local violent organizations "Sixdaime Yamaguchi Group" and "Kobe Yamaguchi Group" Conflict incidents such as shooting and shooting.)
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The police are worried about the impact on public order and have been continuously strengthening their vigilance.
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problem here? Why can the Japanese gangs be so "arrogant" and legally exist under the eyes of the government?
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What is the current situation of Japanese gangs?
First of all, Japan is one of the countries with the lowest crime rate in the world,
but Japan is also the only country in the world that recognizes the legitimacy of gangs.
Japan is the only country in the world that recognizes the legality of gangs.
is the only country that recognizes the legitimacy of gangs.
(Important things repeated 3 times...)
and there is a legal pass!
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There are three main Japanese gangs, namely Yamaguchi Group, Inagawa Kai and Sumiyoshi Kai,
Among them, Yamaguchi Group is the most powerful (65% of about 3380 "violent groups" in Japan belong to Yamaguchi Group).
Japanese gangs are not the traditional definition of gangs. Japanese gangs will do good things.
When earthquakes and typhoon disasters occur,
gangs have even acted as disaster relief pioneers many times. Therefore,
often call themselves "benevolent men."
For example: When the Kobe earthquake occurred in 1995, the Yamaguchi Group, the largest Japanese gang headquartered in Kobe, once mobilized materials from all over the country and distributed them to the victims.
's father is a former gang leader, Japanese writer Mr. Miyazaki said that many gang members have long suffered social discrimination, mostly from ethnic minority families or engaged in marginal jobs. Mr. Miyazaki said: "The gangsters are a group of people abandoned by mainstream society. They empathize with the suffering of the victims and hope to provide help to those in trouble." What exactly is the Japanese gangster in Japan?
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Why can Japanese gangsters exist legally?
Japan is a country that recognizes the underworld as a legal organization, which is very rare in the world today. The reason why the underworld can develop openly is that the politics of gold power and behind-the-scenes transactions have prevailed for a long time. The underworld uses the interpersonal channels and unspoken rules of the political and financial circles to participate in the exchange of interests, has penetrated into the blood of the social system .
Such as the "Yamaguchi Group" not only has industries all over Japan and abroad, but also extended its tentacles to the Japanese political arena, using the two major tactics of political donation and ballot binding to exert influence on Japanese party politics. It has always been inextricably linked with high-ranking government officials, and its members are people who pull votes for these politicians in exchange for the shelter of bureaucrats.
In Japan, it is difficult to distinguish right-wing political forces from underworld gang forces.
In the right-wing forces after the war, the organization and behavioral patterns of the "action right" are almost the same as those of the underworld gangs. Right wingAlthough the “organizational right wing” of the forces and mainstream conservative parties appear as “relatively moderate”, in order to achieve political goals, they often resort to gangs behind their backs. It is precisely because worked hard to serve the right-wing political forces in combating the left and the labor forces, and made great contributions, the "Yamaguchi Group" won the tolerance and appreciation of the Japanese government and the American troops.
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such as: On April 17, 2007, Ito Kazunaga, then mayor of Nagasaki, Japan, was shot and killed in the street. The police captured the murderer Tetsuya Joao on the spot. He confessed that he was a member of the "Yamaguchi Group" in Japan. Who is
Ito Kazuo? Ito Kazuchi has always advocated that Japan abide by the "three non-nuclear principles" and the Peace Constitution, and is known as the "Mayor of Peace." The murder of Ito Kazuo was a cruel blow by the "Yamaguchi Group" of the right-wing camp against the peaceful forces.
Looking back on Japanese history, the shadow of the underworld forces always appears behind the extreme thoughts and actions of Japanese nationalism. With the end of the Cold War, economic recession, national self-esteem frustrated, dissatisfaction with the use of the United States, Japanese nationalism re-emerged, causing right-wing political forces and underworld gang forces to collude, and many "action right" groups were sheltered by Japanese underworld gangs. The editor of
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References:
[1] Zhang Jiang. The "Yamaguchi Group" of Japanese gangs is on fire and intensifies[J]. Investigation Fengyun,2016(09):52-53.
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