A popular Japanese beach near the U.S. Naval Base in Yokosuka has banned beachgoers with large "scary" tattoos. Which, if by scary you mean awful, is most sailors and Marines and Guy Fieri.
Japan's Gangsters Are Quite Peaceful, Relatively Speaking
Whereas the American mob has steadily lost power for decades as all of its members pursued careers as Hollywood character actors, Japan's Yakuza is still totally involved in shit, hardcore. Will a government crackdown make the Yakuza go wild?
US Surgeons Save Japanese Gangster, Who Can Return To Menacing Reporters
Earlier this month we told you about Jake Adelstein, the American reporter who spent 15 years covering organized crime in Japan and who now, unfortunately, finds himself and his family marked for death by an angry gangster. Adelstein's tormentor, Yakuza boss Tadamasa Goto, has been very sick lately; Adelstein's hope…
Reporter Marked For Death By Japanese Mob: It's Not As Cool As In Movies
Jake Adelstein is an American reporter who spent the last 15 years covering Japanese organized crime for that nation's largest paper. I have to admit I always thought the Japanese yakuza crime syndicates were some overblown fantasy movie creation, but turns out they're actually very real, 80,000 strong, and they…
