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Category Archives: Japanese Yakuza
Japanese Yakuza – Part Three
Welcome back to the third part of our bite size guide to the Japanese Yakuza. We’ve explained about the history and initiation rituals so far but who are the major families? Listed below are the main ones: Yamiguchi-gumi – By … Continue reading
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Japanese Yakuza – Part Two
In Part One we discussed the history of the Yakuza and how they descend from small merchant organisations dating back three or four hundred years. We’ll kick off this post by talking about their organisational structure followed by the initiation … Continue reading
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Tagged finger slice, initiation, japanese, organised crime, oyabun, ritual, sake, structure, yakuza, yubizume
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Japanese Yakuza Part One
In the West we tend not to look too critically at some of the organisations in what we would call the Far East. We’ve generally heard of these groups, the Chinese Tong, the Hong Kong Triads and of course the … Continue reading
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Tagged bakuto, guide, history, japanese yakuza, organised crime, tekiya
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