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Yakuza kill people on a regular basis. Like most well organized criminal organizations they avoid injuring "civilians" only because of the attention it would dr

by joewee 14y ago

Yakuza kill people on a regular basis. Like most well organized criminal organizations they avoid injuring "civilians" only because of the attention it would draw to them. This past weekend a man was beaten to death in one of the larger clubs in the foreign nightclub area. 10 guys walked into a bar with baseball bats, two minutes later they get into a van and drive away. They will never be caught. http://japandailypress.com/man-beaten-to-death-in-roppongi-club-by-10-others-in-masks-0310946 http://japandailypress.com/man-beaten-to-death-in-roppongi-c... To understand how brazen this attack was, its the equivalent to walking into McDonalds in the middle of Times Square with baseball bats and mask and beating someone to death. There are police all over this area. The nearest police station is a 3 minute walk from where this happened.

joewee 14y ago
Here is more on this story: "According to the Japanese media and other sources, a group of ten men wearing ski-masks burst into the Roppongi Club Flower today at approximately 3:40 am and assaulted four men and women sitting together in the VIP room, clubbing one to death and injuring the others. The men used a backdoor entrance which led directly to the VIP room." http://www.japansubculture.com/10-men-beat-one-guy-to-death-in-front-of-300-people-at-roppongi-club/ http://www.japansubculture.com/10-men-beat-one-guy-to-death-...
danso 14y ago
According to the source material, this attack was not believed to be from an established Yakuza gang, but from a gang that has filled the void of gang violence, apparently: The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division One 警視庁捜査一課 (Homicide and Violent Crimes) is investigating the case as a homicide. On December 14th, 2011, a group of twenty men burst into a Roppongi Cabaret club and assaulted four members affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi Kokusui-kai (山口組国粋会), with beer bottles and blunt weapons, injuring one of them severely. The police suspect there may be a possible link to the two cases. The assault in December was believed to have been carried out by members of the Kanto Rengo (関東連合) a loosely networked gang different from the traditional yakuza, and not a designated organized crime group. Kanto Rengo is known for extremely violent assaults and because they are not a designated organized crime group, they are subject to less restrictions than the Yamaguchi-gumi and other crime groups. http://www.japansubculture.com/10-men-beat-one-guy-to-death-in-front-of-300-people-at-roppongi-club/ http://www.japansubculture.com/10-men-beat-one-guy-to-death-...
- joewee 14y ago
  In Japan Yakuza members must register with the police, and the Yakuza families are treated like corporations. Kanto Rengo has more than 3,000 members and operates in alliances with traditional Yakuza. I guess it depends on the definition of Yakuza, if you mean the officially registered organizations with registered members then no they aren't. But if you mean a large criminal organization of Japanese people, I think its safe to say they are. Its also not uncommon for Yakuza groups like Yamaguchi-gumi to "acquire" a "gang" like Kanto Rengo and turn them into their regional office.

by joewee 14y ago

joewee 14y ago

Here is more on this story: "According to the Japanese media and other sources, a group of ten men wearing ski-masks burst into the Roppongi Club Flower today at approximately 3:40 am and assaulted four men and women sitting together in the VIP room, clubbing one to death and injuring the others. The men used a backdoor entrance which led directly to the VIP room." http://www.japansubculture.com/10-men-beat-one-guy-to-death-in-front-of-300-people-at-roppongi-club/ http://www.japansubculture.com/10-men-beat-one-guy-to-death-...

danso 14y ago

According to the source material, this attack was not believed to be from an established Yakuza gang, but from a gang that has filled the void of gang violence, apparently: The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division One 警視庁捜査一課 (Homicide and Violent Crimes) is investigating the case as a homicide. On December 14th, 2011, a group of twenty men burst into a Roppongi Cabaret club and assaulted four members affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi Kokusui-kai (山口組国粋会), with beer bottles and blunt weapons, injuring one of them severely. The police suspect there may be a possible link to the two cases. The assault in December was believed to have been carried out by members of the Kanto Rengo (関東連合) a loosely networked gang different from the traditional yakuza, and not a designated organized crime group. Kanto Rengo is known for extremely violent assaults and because they are not a designated organized crime group, they are subject to less restrictions than the Yamaguchi-gumi and other crime groups. http://www.japansubculture.com/10-men-beat-one-guy-to-death-in-front-of-300-people-at-roppongi-club/ http://www.japansubculture.com/10-men-beat-one-guy-to-death-...

joewee 14y ago
In Japan Yakuza members must register with the police, and the Yakuza families are treated like corporations. Kanto Rengo has more than 3,000 members and operates in alliances with traditional Yakuza. I guess it depends on the definition of Yakuza, if you mean the officially registered organizations with registered members then no they aren't. But if you mean a large criminal organization of Japanese people, I think its safe to say they are. Its also not uncommon for Yakuza groups like Yamaguchi-gumi to "acquire" a "gang" like Kanto Rengo and turn them into their regional office.