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OTSU: Japans largest and most notorious organized crime group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, is forcing members to take a gangster exam in order to
reduce costly damages suits, police have discovered.
An affiliate based in Shiga Prefecture is distributing written tests on the revised Anti-Organized Crime Law, which allows higher-ranking gang members to be sued for the actions of their subordinates, as a preventative measure against future lawsuits. Police believe the test has been introduced by Yamaguchi-gumi groups across the country.
Police first discovered the test during an investigation of a member of the affiliate. A 12-question examination paper, complete with model answers, was among the items confiscated, reports the Mainichi Daily News.
Questions included What kind of activities are banned? with dumping industrial waste; bootlegging fuel; theft of construction vehicles and other expensive items; phone fraud scams etc. listed as the correct answers. The model answer to the final question, What are you required to do in all your activities? was: report and consult with my bosses.
Meanwhile, people in Japan are increasingly refusing to tolerate gangsters in their neighbourhjood. Having one Japanese gang headquartered in their neighborhood was bad enough. When a rival mob tried to move in, the neighbors did something that was once almost unthinkable.
They organized, called the cops, went to court to evict the newcomers, and won. Japanese gangsters, known as yakuza, once operated from well-marked offices, often with signs out front and symbols of their trade such as lanterns and samurai swords visible through the windows. Yakuza were even romanticized as noble outlaws with a code of honor.
That mystique is evaporating, however. Civil action is growing across the country, said Yasushi Murakami, a lawyer for 160 residents of Tokyos Akasaka district who won recently a court-mediated settlement to keep out the 4,800-member Inagawa-kai syndicate.
reduce costly damages suits, police have discovered.
An affiliate based in Shiga Prefecture is distributing written tests on the revised Anti-Organized Crime Law, which allows higher-ranking gang members to be sued for the actions of their subordinates, as a preventative measure against future lawsuits. Police believe the test has been introduced by Yamaguchi-gumi groups across the country.
Police first discovered the test during an investigation of a member of the affiliate. A 12-question examination paper, complete with model answers, was among the items confiscated, reports the Mainichi Daily News.
Questions included What kind of activities are banned? with dumping industrial waste; bootlegging fuel; theft of construction vehicles and other expensive items; phone fraud scams etc. listed as the correct answers. The model answer to the final question, What are you required to do in all your activities? was: report and consult with my bosses.
Meanwhile, people in Japan are increasingly refusing to tolerate gangsters in their neighbourhjood. Having one Japanese gang headquartered in their neighborhood was bad enough. When a rival mob tried to move in, the neighbors did something that was once almost unthinkable.
They organized, called the cops, went to court to evict the newcomers, and won. Japanese gangsters, known as yakuza, once operated from well-marked offices, often with signs out front and symbols of their trade such as lanterns and samurai swords visible through the windows. Yakuza were even romanticized as noble outlaws with a code of honor.
That mystique is evaporating, however. Civil action is growing across the country, said Yasushi Murakami, a lawyer for 160 residents of Tokyos Akasaka district who won recently a court-mediated settlement to keep out the 4,800-member Inagawa-kai syndicate.
