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The news that Japanese gangsters refused to receive the government's national subsidy for the new crown for dignity caused a huge response in China. Compared to readers, they are curious about what kind of existence Japanese gangsters are. Why doesn't the government ban them? Do gangsters also have dignity? Next, I will use words and pictures to help you restore the history of the development of Japanese gangsters from the post-war period to today, and their most authentic state of existence.
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After World War II, Japanese society, which was bombed into ruins by the US military, was in a state of extreme chaos, and the black market trade in the poor materials was beyond the jurisdiction of many places under the jurisdiction of the police, and various hooligans and scammers began to form gangs to commit crimes.
In the 1950s, as society gradually stabilized, criminal gangs also underwent a process of mergers and acquisitions. Since then, their criminal income has evolved from low-level theft and robbery, coercion to collect protection fees, to high-level stages such as drug trafficking and even meddling in the entertainment industry. For example, the Kobe Nobori Society, which was established by the Yamaguchi Group, signed artists including miku skylark, who was later known as the "Queen of Japanese Songs" and the first woman to receive the Japanese National Honor Award, whose masterpiece was "Kawayomi Nobu(川の流れのように)" that touched countless Japanese people.
Miku Skylark and Yamaguchi Group Boss
After that, Japanese gangs began to spread to various legitimate industries, and gradually became more and more arrogant, and by 1964, there were more than 100,000 gang members across Japan, reaching an all-time high. In preparation for the Tokyo Olympics in October, the Japanese police began the first strike, known in history as the "first battle on top." First of all, the Japanese Police Agency officially identified the top 10 gangsters:
Hikyo: Matsukanokai, Sumiyoshi-kai, Japanese Best Association, Tohokai, Hokuseikai
Kobe: Akira Yamaguchi, Hondakai
Osaka: Akira Yanagawa
Atami: Kinsei
Kawasaki: Japan 义义义
Here I would like to say why the Japanese officials are well aware of the existence of these gangs, and even where the headquarters are, and the important people have everyone who can feel it clearly, but they have not exhausted it?
The reason is very simple, the Japanese constitution stipulates "freedom of association", which was originally to protect the rights of citizens, but it was unexpectedly exploited by gangsters and cults. After the dissolution of Aum Shinrikyo because of the subway sarin incident, the members who were not arrested also formed a new organization, Aleph, which is still active, and the police have no way to do anything, let alone the gang whose sources of income have been whitewashed.
The legitimacy of the gang is not because some domestic media reports that the gang does not do bad things, gives sugar to children all day long, and the morality is mixed with the pleasure of the police, but the "freedom of association" stipulated in the Constitution.
In fact, there is no special magic weapon in the Japanese police's strike-hard crackdown, neither can it arrest people at will, nor can it affect the court's judgment, if you honestly follow the steps, the gang has countless ways to respond. Therefore, the police have adopted a special approach: a net without leaving a time lag. They collected evidence in advance, issued arrest warrants, and then went out together to arrest people.
The Japanese gangster movie "Battle without Mercy" depicts the plot of the strike hard
Many organizations disbanded themselves because important people were arrested and sentenced, but were revived after a few years of being released from prison. In response to this situation, the Japanese police carried out severe crackdown operations in 1970 and 1975, which reduced the number of Japanese gang members to less than 60,000.
Fast forward to 1985, Japan's economy developed rapidly, and the construction industry, which was heavily infiltrated by gangsters, also waited for the soaring housing prices, so that countless money continued to flow into the pockets of the underworld bosses, who used this money to import arms from abroad and arm every member. That is also the year, there was a shocking "Yamaichi Protest" incident: after the death of the boss of the Yamaguchi group, other younger brothers competed for positions, which eventually killed 25 gang members and injured 70 police and ordinary citizens.
At that time, the police needed to be fully armed to arrest gang members
This incident made Japanese society see the horror of Japanese gangsters, and the members of the Yamaguchi group engaged in gun battles in various places, completely breaking the peaceful life of the Japanese people. Since then, japan's anti-gang voice has become stronger and stronger, and finally in 1992, Japan promulgated the anti-gang law "Violent Group Countermeasure Law (Violent Officer によよ improper な行の防止行の防止ににする law)", and the curtain of the anti-gang action of the whole people was opened.
The biggest change brought about by the anti-gang law is that everyone has a responsibility to fight the gang, and if you fund the gang, you are the public enemy of the whole people. Since then, the gangs have gradually been eliminated from the major industries, and the legitimate source of funds on which they had previously lived has been gradually cut off. In fact, if you live in Japan, you will notice that public places will be plastered with the slogan "Gang members are not allowed to enter".
Since Japan has given gangs freedom of association, the police control of who the members of this organization are, where the headquarters are, and the list of gang members is not a problem. Because all walks of life in Japan are forbidden to trade with gang members, registered gang members and their families cannot open bank accounts, buy insurance, cannot run mobile phones, and cannot even go to public baths, because tattoos on their bodies will reveal their identities.
Of course, these restrictions also eliminate their chances of living a normal life. You can't even go to a convenience store without a bank account, so you can only go back and do those low-level bad things: fraud, poaching, collecting protection fees, and so on. The upper echelons of the gang watched their little brothers do those bad things that were not on the table, and not only secretly lamented that the "Renxia" spirit of the Japanese gang was about to fail.
"RenXia" was born out of the Chinese chivalrous spirit: the four gentlemen of the Warring States, Corporal Li Xian, and widely invited guests. The three thousand diners under the door are rightfully planned for the Lord. The organizational structure of the Japanese gangsters is also similar, the boss takes the younger brother under his command when he is poor, and the younger brother also has to do things for the boss with a grateful heart. Acting heroically is a standard that Japanese gangsters respect, and it is also where their self-esteem lies.
In particular, the gangster bosses who have experienced the bubble era and relied on various legitimate industries to wear gold and silver and live a luxurious and erotic life are very disdainful of those who steal chickens and dogs. However, times have changed, the gangster has no money, the little brother can only find another way out, which manages what self-esteem, it is really not OK, then quit the gang, go to the construction site to work is also richer than now.
Trend in the number of gang members in Japan
As a result, the number of Members of the Japanese Gang has decreased year by year, and it no longer has the scale of the year. The young people are gone, and the remaining elderly people have reached the age of receiving pensions, and the momentum is not as good as that year. The change in Aoji Takayama, the second in command of the Yamaguchi group, also represents the change in the state of the Japanese gang to some extent:
What do you think of as a Japanese gangster:
Aoji Takayama at that time
Actual Japanese Gangsters:
Now Aoji Takayama
The Japanese gangsters who were once famous in the world have now become a gathering of elderly people who want to do their best to maintain their self-esteem, which makes people sigh. However, the decline of gangsters is definitely a good thing for ordinary people. Japanese gangsters, no matter what chivalrous spirit, are just a group of members of a criminal organization that has lost power.