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The Yakuza
Japanese Organised Crime
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The earliest origins of the yakuza are traced to the two shunned social classes of Japan during the Edo period between 1600 and 1868.
The Tekia were travelling salesmen, primarily selling illegal goods on the black market.
The other class, the Bakuto, were involved in gambling and money lending. They were often identifiable by their body tattoos that were scrawled over them. A tradition that lives on till this day.
The attraction for poor, young, and downtrodden men in Japan to finally find a family and a home is what drove the creation and maintenance of the yakuza groups.
The rapid industrialisation of the 20th century opened up new markets for the yakuza as they could recruit from a smarter and more educated class, sharpening their efficiency in crime.
The post-war era for Japan following its defeat in WW2 proved especially profitable. The yakuza sold cheap and illegal goods at a time when the Japanese government struggled to deliver services nationally due to the devastation of the nuclear bombs.
The rapid recovery and growth of Japan in the 50s and 60s ensured that the yakuza were there to profit.
However, membership throughout the 90s had begun to decline, and in the lead up to the portal storms and the 7 Hour War, the yakuza was weak.
The yakuza were brutal, their crimes involved sex trafficking, extortion, loansharking, drug dealing, murder and gambling.
Can they thrive in this new world, or will yet another piece of traditional Japanese culture be scattered into the wind?
The Tekia were travelling salesmen, primarily selling illegal goods on the black market.
The other class, the Bakuto, were involved in gambling and money lending. They were often identifiable by their body tattoos that were scrawled over them. A tradition that lives on till this day.
The attraction for poor, young, and downtrodden men in Japan to finally find a family and a home is what drove the creation and maintenance of the yakuza groups.
The rapid industrialisation of the 20th century opened up new markets for the yakuza as they could recruit from a smarter and more educated class, sharpening their efficiency in crime.
The post-war era for Japan following its defeat in WW2 proved especially profitable. The yakuza sold cheap and illegal goods at a time when the Japanese government struggled to deliver services nationally due to the devastation of the nuclear bombs.
The rapid recovery and growth of Japan in the 50s and 60s ensured that the yakuza were there to profit.
However, membership throughout the 90s had begun to decline, and in the lead up to the portal storms and the 7 Hour War, the yakuza was weak.
The yakuza were brutal, their crimes involved sex trafficking, extortion, loansharking, drug dealing, murder and gambling.
Can they thrive in this new world, or will yet another piece of traditional Japanese culture be scattered into the wind?
