They ran legitimate enterprises alongside their illegal money-making activities. With the yakuza's origins rooted in Japan's ancient feudal society, the gangs were seen by even the most law-abiding people as an accepted part of life: not respectable but not disgraceful, either. The business was partly a shakedown, partly a protection racket and all concluded with typical Japanese decorum.
Above: Yakuza members proudly display their tattoos To understand how untouchable the yakuza crime gangs have always been in Japan, you only need to know how they used to rob banks. This brought business to a standstill.Īlthough the loans were treated as tax-free gifts, the robbers did offer services in return -warding off other gangs and collecting legitimate debts on the bank's behalf. If that tactic didn't work, the gang boss would send 100 men to queue up and each open an account for one yen (about a halfpenny), the smallest possible amount. That was usually enough to bring the manager hurrying out to offer a generous loan on the easiest of terms: it would never have to be paid back. The poor animals shrieked, people backed away in fear and the bank emptied. They stood outside the bank's main doors, held the cats by their tails and swung them around their heads. They carried no shotguns because there was no need for violence.Īnd they wore no balaclavas because, far from hiding their faces, they were so proud to be members of the country's most feared mafia clan that they tattooed their entire bodies and mutilated their hands by chopping off a finger, deliberately marking themselves out.įor most raids, three men were enough.
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Otobes death happened because of friction between members affiliated with Yamaguchi-gumi. Shirai along with seven others are charged with the death of Otobe, which could bring the 15-year-old case to an end. Wirachai Songmetta, who is the Police General said that a few times a year Shirai would receive cash, gifts, and visits from his associates. He had a wife and would go out into public, which led to the picture being taken and his eventual capture. Shirai maintained a low profile after the murder of the rival gang member. The picture was shared 10,000 times, leading to Shirai being taken into custody in connection with the death of Kazuhiko Otobe. Shigeharu Shirai was recently taken into custody in a province north of Bangkok after someone took a picture of his tattoos while he was sitting around a checkers table and placed it on Facebook.
Thanks to someone taking a liking to some tattoos and the collective sharing efforts of social media, a 74-year-old Japanese gang member was arrested after he stayed in hiding for a murder he was involved in 10 years ago.
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