I'm confused by this. I was never under the impression people were paying protection money voluntarily -- I thought it was always so that groups like Yakuza wou

I'm confused by this. I was never under the impression people were paying protection money voluntarily -- I thought it was always so that groups like Yakuza wouldn't come back and break your legs or kill your family. This threat probably won't go away, so the local shopowner is still left with that decision to make...which will he be more afraid of? Yakuza or police? Seeing as how there's only 100 officers to enforce this new law, I'd still be more afraid of the Yakuza.