Yeah, this legit makes me sad. I mean, the yakuza is part of japanese cultural heritage, just like Al Capone is a part of american cultural heritage. It's heartbreaking to see them becoming irrelevant like this.
@@jakobm87 You do realize that Capone's crew killed dozens of people, many of whom were innocent, right??? The Yakuza are also far from having their hand's clean. People need to stop glorifying violent/deadly criminals. I swear TV shows/movies, have made people think that gangsters are modern day robin hoods. Beyond delusional.
The fact that they implemented laws for trying to stop them says much, here in Mexico politicians always said stuff about anti cartel and so on but you don't need to be a genius to realize there are millions of dollars on drugs and they really don't want to do something against it.
*A resourceful, stable and economically vibrant Mexico is not in Americas interest. If yall were a majority white nation like Canada, it would be different. That is why the CIA is in bed with c@rte1s. They use one c@rt€l to put the others in line. But when that one cartel starts getting too powerful and out of hand, they get rid of them and favor a new one* . Besides, a stable Mexico means we get less l@bor€rs and have to pay more for our farm products (thanks Free Trade Agreement)...all of which is not in this nation's interest*
@lmao this isn't a name don't worry when socialism takes over in the US all that will change. everything will become a perfect utopia and no one will ever suffer again. /s
All countries should really follow Japan's footsteps in tackling criminal activity. I mean sure, it's entirely impossible to achieve Japan's cultural integrity 100%. But starting at getting rid of corrupt politicians and crooked law enforcers sounds like a good starting point.
What yall are missing here is back when they where big there wasn't a help to be had from the government...down on you luck on the streets crippled on the streets ....they gave people a home some place where they fit in and weren't outcast .....right or wrong that's why they grew so much
The same thing is happening to the Mafia in the United States. Young Italian American men realize they can prosper in a multitude of different professions and don't need to take the risk of joining a criminal organization.
You mean, "happened", right? Italian Mafia is decades and decades ago. They're making video games off of the lingering and dying Yakuza groups in Japan.. whereas the last notable US/Italian Mafia movie was in 1990.
All you need to do is send drugs from Mexico to USA as the borders are OPEN for business!.....Biden has made a lot of Mexicans wealthy....as he said he would when he told them all to "Surge the border" before the election,,,,,,Americans voted for him,,,,,ENJOY!
Theres a problem Japan is facing here that is going widely unreported. Mainly that as the Yakuza are stamped out they are being replaced by foreign gangs who are taking over the now vacant criminal industries. Drugs, prostitution, etc. These markets are not going away with the Yakuza and foreign gangs are quick to move in and capitalise on this. Problem is that these foreign gangs are a lot more violent than the Yakuza ever were and the Japanese police are simply not equipped or trained to deal with that kind of violence. Where the Yakuza used to see themselves as a part of the community (albeit a criminal part) and in turn limited their worst excesses. These foreign criminals have a proven difficulty emphasising with the Japanese public and have no such qualms about violence, slavery, hard drugs, etc. Where the Yakuza would turn their nose up at the idea of kidnapping children for sale as sex slaves. A Malaysian, Vietnamese or Chinese gang member will quite happily make that sale.
@@CB66941 I don't think they are tbh. I think they're highlighting what happens when an era of crime goes extinct in a region (eg. Prohibition in the USA, Opium Trade in China and Piracy in the Carribbean). There will more or less Definitively be new factions rising up to take over Yakuza's dying Empire (The Triads will most definitely want a piece) and It's likely they won't be as tradition oriented as The Yakuza were. Then again they may also be a felon who IS arguing on behalf of organised crime. Who knows 😂.
@@CB66941 While it may seem that way to someone who hasn't lived in Japan, Yakuza is a really, really weird form of mafia. They have offices in central districts with name plates saying that they are Yakuza. This is something you won't see anywhere else in the world. As said in the original post, Yakuza's basic rules do prohibit "harming" the general public. But now that the police have cracked down hard, a lot of illegal gangs who are not named "Yakuza", such as "Han-gure" and foreign gangs have taken its place, and they are much more covert and violent. This trend has also affected the Yakuza, namely the ones in Kyushu area where they have turned violent and aggressive to the public. It's a weird balance that they held for so long. While much of their activity was illegal (such as gambling), they held a niche in society. It's honestly hard to say if Japan is safer now because of this crackdown.
@@CB66941 Crime has to be organzied. The "law" can't do this. At best it can only coexist and let the most controlled events of disorder play out. Otherwise people will explode and the uncontained chaos spills over and affects everyone on a larger scale.
That problem is not the police being ill equipped or incapable. This is actually the problem with japanese culture as a whole. The culture of japan is to behave in a strict way. Where reality changes, the behavior remains and the society as a whole end up dealing with the repercussions of an unchanging culture. So The people remove the yakuza. The void is filled with something else. But the way in which the yakuza respected the general public, the new groups do not. The new ways of new groups are not playing by the old rules and because the culture tells the police not to change. The police do nothing. Its a lot like dealing with a mindless machine. It cannot go beyond the central program parameters and anything outside of those parameters, is met with denial and disregard. Hate to say it, but japanese people are fairly dumb in regard to being an individual. So much so, that the entire population will literally be gone in 127 years, because they refuse to change to correct social behaviors, that stunt population growth. They will simply die out, from old age. So much irony with japanese culture. Literally dying out because half of your species hates the other half(females tend to hate males in japan). No sex, thus a national crisis due to a lack of f*cking each other. How perverse.
@@sittingduck02 I have driven rental cars in Japan, and you are making that up. None of the rental cars I have had has had the driver seat on the right, Why on Earth would driver seats on rental cars be on the right in Japan?
@@Dom-fx4kt they definitely have those at 60 70 years old.. Outside of this group, 20 30 years old now already have back pain due to poor sitting posture and lack of exercise.
well the educated mafia went into politics as their forefathers before, continuing their dynasties. regular mafia always recruited peasantry so they always lacked the know how to stay up to date and can only flourish when there is a power vacuum up top.
@@WIACZO : *Yo, most mafias still get money oldschool way...including Gambling, short term high interest loans and their favorites being 9r0stitut1on amd dr@gs. M@f1a wont be d@mb enough to Invest online; a ecosystem that is most trackable
It's worth noting that an uptick in low level street crime increased when the Yakuza lost power. Lots of criminals, both native and immigrant that go into territories they wouldn't have dared gone into before. For a long time the Yakuza acted almost as a branch of the official government, while the police's role was crime prevention. Yakuza was allowed to exist in an attempt to "control" crime. It worked on some fundamental level too. That isn't to say I have sympathy for Yakuza or regret what happened to them. I don't. But I find it interesting on how society operated with, in essences, decriminalized crime.
@@citymorgue8462 ask any local in the Mexican state of Sinaloa- El Chapo & the Sinaloa Cartel have built schools, roads, provided plumbing & access in remote mountainous regions, while also gifting everything from solar power systems, to tractors and vehicles to locals in the state. Let’s just say that greasing the gears and buying sympathy has been a way of survival & expansion for the Sinaloa cartel
no one wants them around anyways. they have done unspeakable things to innocent people . ive heard the most despicable stories on the internet about what they've done to people
One of the changes not mentioned here is the increase in sentencing. In the past a young gang member would murder someone, get 15-20 years then come out at age 35-40 and be looked after by the gang. Now murder is getting 30-40 years.
@@spoddie to be fair...the video does mention that some young yakuza seem to be fairly proficient with modern technology. It's mostly seems like the old guard are the ones that are dying out.
It's hard to believe that Yakuza doesn't already have their hands in Police, Banks, and Schools. Like when they ran things, they rannn it. So I don't see them losing a foothold anytime soon.
Nah the government just tolerated them because they were doing their own thing. As soon as civilians were affected by their activities the government cracked down on them so hard with death penalty, bank account laws and everything, now they're afraid to leave the house like chickens. The government is in full control, not like in South America or other places. I feel like some people who don't live in Japan like to exaggerate yakuzas power because maybe they think it's cool or they watched too many movies but reality is different. The government was pretty successful in weakening them dramatically although not fully eradicated yet. Other countries should learn from Japan. It is and remains the country with the lowest crime rate.
i find with older gangs, the leadership is so entrenched, that there is nowhere for the younger members to rise without expansion of territories, which is usually opposed by the old guard because they are comfortable and dont want the upsets that come along with moving into a rivals turf.
I'm watching this and reminded of a scene from The Sopranos. A couple of mobsters try to shake down a coffee shop and the manager's answer to their attempts was it all has to go through corporate. As they leave empty handed one of them comments "It's over for the little guy." Times are changing and the mafia risks getting left behind if they can't adapt.
this nostalgia like documentary about murder, gambling extortion prostitution and who knows what else like it was such a nice time, is a bit disturbing.
not really, hypocrisy is mankinds worst flaw, just look at the war on terror and how people still foam at the mouth over the idea that 9/11 can justify destablizing entire nations and all that other wannabe-imperialist garbage.
@@luissuarez7832 yeah, but why was the us involved from day one. To simply pull out, tails tucked, and leaving people behind. Coward of a nation this is
Imagine feeling sad for criminals that were killing, robbing, corrupting, threatening to pay "protection money", disturbing civilians etc... 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Yakuza never was much of a violent organisation as shown it was mostly around gambling and raccateering. Mostly crimes without victims so the people didnt care. But when the clans started fighting and people got hurt publicly they got cancelled.
In Italy we started having a reduction of the mafia activity when the government started expropriating goods and bank accounts from mafia members and their relatives. That’s how you do it.
Honestly with how insane the Japanese work environment and culture is this is unbelievable. How would organized crime shrink when the legal means to getting by amount to near slave conditions.
I definitely feel like that is one reason why It’s exploding everywhere else. But other places don’t have laws in place to stop this sort of organized crime.
Well i think in japans case yes the work culture can be terrible. However, turning to the yakuza for a lifestyle for the reasons outlined in the video isnt better anymore. You cant open a bank account, rent a place to live, and society ostracizes you. So its no longer "threaten some people for money cause its easier than working in an office", its "working in my bad office job is still better than being in a criminal gang i can at least have a roof over my head"
In this peaceful and prosperous times as education, technology, and medicine has advanced, yakuza or japanese mafia has become hindrance to society, so entering yakuza is like entering a business that has already fallen from peak
@@TopGod97 By live, you mean in an apartment 6 foot square for your whole life living out of vending machines? Its purely risk vs reward. The reward for doing everything right in japan is at least a roof over your head even in a tiny apartment. In my country you can do everything right and still not afford rent. In places like white suburban america the risk of failing at sport is even too big a risk to take when they all know they can get a normal life easier. Same in a lot of european countries. Thats why all their sports stars come from poor areas, its why eastern european gangs are the biggest most of the time, they dont catch their poor people so criminals give them a one in a thousand shot to be rich, and they all try for it.
@@geroutathat The 'risk' in the risk vs reward does not have to been correlated to gang activity. If you like seeing youth do this sh*t, visit some ghettos.
@@kamilo1175 but that was my point, people from a ghetto will gamble on longshots, sports and music, and crime. If society gives them a decent life even if they fall through cracks then they won't risk it for those things. Japan has a homeless population of zero. Their attack on the Mafia was backed up with social ideas We can all say Japan is expensive, they all love in tiny apartments, but they are all out living, even the ones who try for university and fail and become shop workers. That simply does not exist in the USA or Europe and is a billion miles away in Serbia or Mexico
You can become a Yakuza, a company where you will meet harsh standards and doing barely legal things with unreal work requirements, little time to spend with your friends and family, and become hated by society. Or you can become a Japanese salaryman, which is basically the same thing except more family friendly (except for those working for or with said company/corporation).
Recently i’ve heard a lot about the yakuza declining rapidly but what i don’t understand is why some people see this as bad.The decline of gang violence is good no?
The yakuza was castrated and became a glorified neighborhood watch with frat rituals lol. Calling them criminals is a technicality, as they don't really operate like that anymore
The yakuza play an important part in the underworld with no many with no code to restriction no consequences an already dangerous environment becomes even more unnecessarily dangerous
@@FriedTurkey it’s easier to deal with a gang that follows some semblance of rules, gangs in the US don’t care about “street code” anymore, everything is fair game. In more organized structures the little guys don’t go stupid so often like in America because they would have to face consequences.
Imagine if the Yakuza change their mandate from "organized crimes" to "organized peacekeeper/crime punisher". Maybe they'll get more recruits and may even be integrated by the government quite quickly.
Some yakuzas still have ties to local politicians. Look no further than the "black" companies and shady subcontracting companies getting govt contracts even when they openly operate breaking every labor law with no repercussions
True words! And this is exactly what is happening here in Japan right now. What is shown on the video is a leftover of those who couldn't adapt. Others own corporations and make millions.
Great to see the Japanese government cracking down on organised crime. All other countries need to follow their lead to ensure the safety and well being of their average citizens.
It's great to see organized crime and corruption getting squashed in Japan. The trend seems to be going in the opposite direction in many other places like Italy and latin america.
Haha, if only was that simple. Without yazuka anyone can be a criminal these days. Just look the number of japanese students that are now doing stuff that yakuza used to have exclusivity over.
@@Luabell he never say its that simple. and what is that even mean by without yakuza anyone can be criminal? even country with lowest crime rate still have criminal in it. u dont need to have yakuza/crime gang for crime to exist in the first place.
@@Luabell Large organized groups can do a lot more harm than lone actors. For example, estimates put mafia crime at 7% of Italy's entire GDP some years back. At that scale, it's not just petty crime but a real impediment to the development of the whole country's economy and quality of life. Dismantling organized crime rings is absolutely a step forward.
Well, the best use for criminals is having them aid the system to understand crime. Many companies and governments offer deals to hackers, smugglers, thieves, scammers, and conmen to analyze vulnerabilities and implement safer solutions while keeping them away from committing crimes.
Well thats what these guys were doing. If the govenment didn't cracked down on them, the mafia will rule the underworld. But now? There are smaller gangs in numbers popping up across Japan. The Japanese govenrment made the situation worst in fact. If they would allow the mafia to flourish, they will force these smaller gangs to be under their control.
Yet in Italy, the Mafia is now the government and all the clans are stronger then before. Italy likes people to think it's ended, but not true, today they are stronger then ever. Lucky for Japan, their government is not corrupt, or maybe 1 In a hundred, in Italy 1 in a hundred senators is honest.
"Lucky for Japan, their government is not corrupt", i had a laugh attack while reading this, the japanese goverment is very much corrupt, but also does its job well
i have no words, have you been in Japan? , talked to japanese people?, i'd argue that about a quarter of senators are painfully obvious sellouts, like completly blantant and other 2 quarters hides it very well, corruption its rooted deep within japanese society how do you think the yakuza survived this long, maybe theres less corruption in Japan than in Italy but i don't really know about Italy enough to tell
@@gameplaysuffering1620 yeah true i live in calabria italy and trust me the mafia are very very much still alive.. theyve turned more into drug thugs than the “honored society” they once were
Crime hasn't been reduced. The decline of the Yakuza has created a vacuum now occupied by more dangerous gangs that are much harder to stop. Japanese TH-camrs have spoken about this.
@@oyveyshalom hangure are your average street thugs, chinpira refers to yakuza in training and refers to juvenile delinquents in general. basically new organized crime with less rules and certainly not honourbound. I would compare it to the Local Pimps being replaced by the serbian Mafia in Europa after the Fall of the SU. Way bloodier, way less respect for human life and communities but also way more lucrative for investors.
One of the funnier new yakuza gigs is a form of mail delivery fraud where they would send single men who like to order stuff online either bootleg porn DVDs or, yes, risque waifu products and collect on the delivery fee (the products are worth less than the delivery fee). Why these products? Because the recipients are less likely to report the fraud to the cops when they get stuff they can, well... use.
Correction: Osaka was not the stronghold of the Yamaguchigumi. Their headquarters is in the Shinohara district of Kobe city. The headquarters is still standing there today.
I think it's because of how japan had developed for the past decades. Japanese economy during the 60 to early 80's was still developing hence the number of young japanese (especially poor and out of school youth) can still easily be attracted by the yakuza/mafia's job offer. Look at those underdeveloped as well as developing country in Asia, Africa and South America where there's a lot of 'gangsters' and 'mafias' especially in underprivileged areas of every country. Also, the japanese had still "strongmen/matcho" culture back then before it became fully 'pacified' and turned in today's 'kawaii' culture.
Sounds like a realistic prediction. Decrease of money can create poverty and when a lot of people run out of money they decide to do crime. Maybe a new wave of Yakuza may appear in the future but the laws Japan has against them would make things very difficult. They'd have to try extremely hard to be invisible and anonymous.
@@manuelcalavera7272 a criminal group that runs sex trafficking rings, scams, extorts, and murders is not somthing that should be kept around. Its not a part of japanese heritage they're just criminals. Stop romanticising these disgusting criminal groups.
@@manuelcalavera7272 its always non-japanese people that romanticise and make yakuza a part of "Japanese Heritage" when in reality they are criminals who do terrible things
it's not about "I only know how to be a Yakuza" we're talking about East Asian cultures here. read between the lines. aside being stigmatized because they once was a Yakuza or involved with, most of them can't grasp the logic earning pennies through earnest and honest works. you can't except someone that in decades past can sack hundred of thousand of Yens by acting though and threatening peoples for quick cash to be able stand 8 to 10 hrs in front of a store giving pamphlets that gives them less than 1000 Yens per hrs. everyone that once in the Yakuza and now "rehabilitated" or whatever they claims to be still living the daydream of bygone era of Yakuza 0
"you can't except someone that in decades past can sack [thousands of dollars] by acting though and threatening peoples for quick cash to be able stand 8 to 10 hrs in front of a store giving pamphlets that gives them less than [ten dollars] hrs. everyone that once in the Yakuza and now "rehabilitated" or whatever they claims to be still living the daydream of bygone era of Yakuza 0" these aren't insane numbers.
@@josephjagusah8668 Well noshitsherlock but I don't see some former Donqui temp or Lawson temp or some random ramen stores employee got fancy coverage by some foreign news outlet about how suck they life is just because they lived they life without breaking any social norms and civil laws. these dudes pay the ultimate price for their wrong doing, the society pays them back with the demand that they take that +/-1000 yen per hour wage or scram. I don't see unfairness when a freshmen out of school/collage/freeter is rated the same as someone that in the past can approach you and in 5 minutes can extort you any valuable just because they think they can.
Those who would have joined Yakuza are now educated and have joined a more advanced criminal organisations like IMF, the world health organisation WHO etc
it doesnt Yakuza had a strict codes and there place was knonwn in society. Now Hangure is replacing it reckless Japanese gangs who are far more violent.
All countries has crimes but Japan is a lot more safer than the usa. Thats for sure... i lived in the usa for 30 years so i know. In the US, If you drop something or leave your stuff on the table, most likely it will be gone but in japan 80% of the time No one would touch it and they will return it back to you. Japan Bus or subway is 100% cleaner than the US. New york subway always smell like piss and garbage are all around. Japan and south korea its super clean. They take public sanitation to a whole other level and they respect public laws and regulation much more than the USA. Their citizen obey the law much more than the people in the usa. You get free high speed wifi in almost all public place and especially the subway. In usa their internet is 1000x time weaker than japan so it cannot penetrate underground in the subway.
@@archersbeready6229 the yakuza was just as bad, dont romanticize criminals. they’d regularly rape and take advantage of young women and beat people into extortion
It was inevitable, as finances become increasingly digital and physical money is phased out, mostly petty and digital crimes will become common place and even digital crimes will become difficult as authorities tighten the belt on unauthorised bank accounts.
That's the case and there's s new term for that, 'hangure' refers to non-yakuza organized crime, which is mostly thugs and petty criminals working in groups.
@@GiveMeCoffee Yeah, essentially Yakuza is going legal, by integrating into Capitalism and abusing every loophole they can in the law to earn money, essentially they are doing what big Corporations are doing, but on a smaller scale, the escort business is a great example of this, its legalised prostitution even though prostitution is illegal in Japan.
Which I don't like since those in power will tax you for every small transaction. Your grandma sends you $100 for your birthday. Zionks! $15 is kept for taxes. Fvcking stupid.
@@henryjohnson-ville3834 Nah its beautiful, I love Capitalism, frankly we are not taxed enough, 90% of our income ought to be taxed away to rich peoples pockets.
The Yakuza were left unchecked for decades and they got too greedy. They actually damaged the international economy by taking out so many loans they never intended to pay back, so I imagine international pressure was on Japan to finally crack down.
Yeah the Hangure are closer to what we commonly refer to as gangs, they lack the code of ethics and morals of the Yakuza and other mafia organizations around the world.
Don't get it twisted, the Yakuzas are still in charge of organize crime in Japan, they control the Japanese prison system. The old guards are laying low and have the authority thinking that the Hangure and Chimpiras are working against them but fact working for them.
_For people like me, who were born and raised in Tokyo and started out in Shibuya or Roppongi, the yakuza lifestyle was not impressive. It was the classic route for a street tough, but it just didn’t seem appealing or cool to sign up for a position that would mean being severely restricted. More than that though, we thought it was smarter to get by with just simple force. I mean, we used to win street fights even against yakuza members._ _We weren’t the yakuza, but we were well known as uncompromising fighters. For the managers and entertainers out partying, it was a form of status to be escorted by our group of toughs, and we could be useful to them._ Cyberpunk future is here
One of the things you notice about the Japanese is that while they are very polite they tend to cut right to the heart of matters. Which would be a great deal more helpful to them if not for a "can't be helped" or "such is life" attitude deeply rooted among them. When they act they act decisively but they are given to not act at all.
They used to run kabuki theatres and traditional musical theatres back in the day, some Yakuza members had JPOP groups in the 80s and 90s, not sure about today however.
@@SMGJohn Since the 2010 as Japanese pop and entertainment became more mainstream and imported to the west it also became cleaner. The industry is huge enough on its own that it doesn't need yakuza help that much.
@@HelloOnepiece Thats true, but there still many smaller musical groups in Japan that are actively exploited, not by Yakuza but rather petty criminal networks that deal in sex trafficking, prostitution and other degenerate enslavement of women and girls. And its not just Japan, almost all countries with big powerful music industries suffer from same issues, profit is above all and because of this, some companies, managers or studios are willing to sacrifice their pop stars to those who can pay for the night.
The "thug life" isn't worth it in Japan or any first world country for that matter. It's a digital world. You will undoubtedly get pinched. Young brothers out there should get real jobs and own BUSINESSES, not robbing them
So you're saying people were more brave in the past than now? I don't think so at all. There's little to no benefits to join the Yakuza these days - No power, very little money and you will get shunned in society. Yakuza used to be rich and powerful but nowadays they're actually below the homeless. A homeless person can get a job, then a bank account then an apartment. A Yakuza (or retired Yakuza) cannot - That's why nobody wants to join.
The new criminal element of Japan is picking up where the old guard has left off. No tattoos, no intimidating presence, just smart and controlled criminal enterprise in line with what is necessary in this modern era. The Yakuza that has long been dramatized is ending for obvious reasons. Others are filling the gap. Trust me, organized crime in Japan is as strong as ever however it has smartly hidden itself as necessary. Myself? 20 year resident of Japan with contact/friends in the underside of life and long aware/in communication about this issue of the changing face of crime here
@@sumw4n526 thats a rather harsh way to deal with people, i hope the japanese government dont treat drug addicts like that, since its the one of the top five nations currently dealing with an opiate crisis.
If you knew what those people had done, if you had been a relative of their victims, Baby, you wouldn't feel bad for them. Not to mention, at the time of this video, they're STILL gangsters, they're STILL doing bad things...
I'm sure he can figure out how to mop floors. He just doesn't want to. Don't feel bad for people who spent their whole lives victimizing others and took much more than they gave. The price they're paying seems to be extremely mild for all the damage they've likely done to society
Like the mafia, criminal organizations are just realizing that being a corporate ceo has all the perks of a criminal empire but much less of the legal ramifications. The bigger your corporation the higher above the law you get.
@@geraldshields9035 I don't think there are a lot of triads in Japan, but I guess I meant new gangs formed out of street youths. I don't know the details either, but last time I heard gangster is a big problem in Japan
I think the Yakuza just starting to quit crime altogether and invest their time in honest jobs would make things better, like forming honest businesses and providing jobs that pay more than Black Companies or form labor unions to fight for the salarymen who are working for almost a hundred hours a week and get paid as much as a 7-11 worker. This would perfectly work, at least to fix the Yakuza image, at least if they stop resorting to crimes and fight corruption in the government as well, while supporting the people more They should also adapt to the digital age as well, at least.
Mafia is failing due to their new law towards yakuza. I believe one of the law is they can't even open a bank after just getting out yakuza for few years I believe. But I believe there's an uprising syndicate composed of youngins do illegal businesses. They dont call themselves as yakuza so they don't get affected by the law.
Otherwise you might work 16 hours a day? Working life is much different in Japan. Very linear, study, work, die. Except they take it to the extreme, hence the suicide rates etc etc.
Good to shine a light on the Yakuza´s problems. Many organisations are fighting with the problem to acquire young and fresh staff, especially during the pandemic. Working from home is not a viable concept for the Yakuza. The french citizens are certainly glad to hear and happy to pay for FRANCE24's effort to report those problems in faraway (12 hours flight) Japan.
@@araisannanoda3688 Nah bro their all over Japanese news. No joke. They are more underground gang. They have several ways to make money including scamming the elderly.
A Japanese TH-camr made a video about this. The youngsters are forming their own little street gangs that do their own thing, like petty crimes and drug dealing. And these syndicates will always exist
@@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx huuh?! waddaya mean make a joke of them? GameStop's one of the most threatening and cut throat companies the world has ever heard of
Why would society pity them when they stole from others for years and place fear on people? It would make sense for them to pay back to society and give back everything they took. They are lucky enough to not be in jail for their crimes tbh.
This brief scene at 5:32 kinda rounded up the whole video. No matter how the Japanese population thinks about the Yakuza nowadays, they are one of the many contributors of what makes Japan today. This is the house that Yakuza built
@@xofox_studio what does "not being 'victims'" have to do with the fact that they objectively have quite a lot stopping them from making honest livings
Yakuza is not declining. To survive, many of them adapted to modernising society & technology, and pivoted their businesses to investing. Now they own a lot of companies in Japan, from big to small. A cafe/hosting club business is one of the popular Yakuza-run investments in Japan since it brings in a lot of money from regular citizen customers. When you travel to Japan and visit a cafe or host club, you won't even know if it's run by Yakuza because it looks like any other ordinary cafe place. But then you'll know for sure once that cafe starts charging you expensive prices so be careful.
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Isn't it crazy that when a country has job stability and a good education system, not many people want to get into criminal activities?
They don't have time, Japanese are working 10-12 hour days
@@JS-kb4bk lol true!
Looking at you Mexico
@@NinjaaaHD lol
yeah being a slave to fiat currency ran by bankers is awesome
Aging population so bad in Japan that even Yakuza feeling it.
Yeah, this legit makes me sad. I mean, the yakuza is part of japanese cultural heritage, just like Al Capone is a part of american cultural heritage. It's heartbreaking to see them becoming irrelevant like this.
@@jakobm87 It all comes down to history. Much like the Roman Empire and many other empires and dynasties from centuries ago, nothing lasts forever.
@@jakobm87 What a ridiculous statement. Organized crime is parasitic.
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You do realize that Capone's crew killed dozens of people, many of whom were innocent, right??? The Yakuza are also far from having their hand's clean.
People need to stop glorifying violent/deadly criminals. I swear TV shows/movies, have made people think that gangsters are modern day robin hoods. Beyond delusional.
This isn't a issue with the aging population of Japan.
This is the result of targeted laws, which have made being a Yakuza very difficult/risky.
Yakuza aren’t disappearing, they just changed from a criminal organisation into an awesome video game series.
Bruh.
Bruh
bruh
Bruh
@@litete2512 bruh
The fact that they implemented laws for trying to stop them says much, here in Mexico politicians always said stuff about anti cartel and so on but you don't need to be a genius to realize there are millions of dollars on drugs and they really don't want to do something against it.
billions of dollars
also don't the cartel keep assassinating Mexican politicians?
*A resourceful, stable and economically vibrant Mexico is not in Americas interest. If yall were a majority white nation like Canada, it would be different. That is why the CIA is in bed with c@rte1s. They use one c@rt€l to put the others in line. But when that one cartel starts getting too powerful and out of hand, they get rid of them and favor a new one* .
Besides, a stable Mexico means we get less l@bor€rs and have to pay more for our farm products (thanks Free Trade Agreement)...all of which is not in this nation's interest*
Your problem with organized crime is so deep rooted it would take an invasion from a foreign country to root them out and destroy them.
@lmao this isn't a name don't worry when socialism takes over in the US all that will change. everything will become a perfect utopia and no one will ever suffer again. /s
Just imagining a geriatric gangster being
"These darn lazy kids these days just don't want to commit crimes anymore."
I lol at the guy wandering around that market literally disoriented because nobody fears him and he can’t just commit crimes against them.
Back in my days i was singing dame da ne all day long!
@@fromthefire4176 Same Bro!! LOL
Maybe they do but not their way
All countries should really follow Japan's footsteps in tackling criminal activity. I mean sure, it's entirely impossible to achieve Japan's cultural integrity 100%. But starting at getting rid of corrupt politicians and crooked law enforcers sounds like a good starting point.
Country
Corruption Rank
1- Denmark
2 -New Zealand
3 - Sweden
4 - Switzerland
5 - Singapore
6 - Finland
7 - Norway
8 - Netherlands
9 - Germany
10 - Luxembourg
11 - United Kingdom
12 - Canada
13 - Australia
14 - Hong Kong
15 - Belgium
16 - Austria
17 - Estonia
18 - Iceland
19 - Japan
@@truthseeker9692 who issued this list ?
Cultural integrity is achieved by having a homogeneous society. Aren't too many minorities in Japan.
The fact that the usa isnt on your corruption list disproves it. USA is insanely corrupt
@@ryanzhu7269 those are the least corrupted Nations, that's what I meant lol
Seeing the Yakuza nostalgia about their past is wild.
It's pitiful
Dudes that never grew up
"We're still cool, right!?" *hip squeak*
What yall are missing here is back when they where big there wasn't a help to be had from the government...down on you luck on the streets crippled on the streets ....they gave people a home some place where they fit in and weren't outcast .....right or wrong that's why they grew so much
@@ThePresentation010 woah, nostalgia is a feeling felt for never growing up. Lol
The same thing is happening to the Mafia in the United States. Young Italian American men realize they can prosper in a multitude of different professions and don't need to take the risk of joining a criminal organization.
You mean, "happened", right? Italian Mafia is decades and decades ago.
They're making video games off of the lingering and dying Yakuza groups in Japan.. whereas the last notable US/Italian Mafia movie was in 1990.
@A B nikocado?
@@SentoB
The Irishman ?
All you need to do is send drugs from Mexico to USA as the borders are OPEN for business!.....Biden has made a lot of Mexicans wealthy....as he said he would when he told them all to "Surge the border" before the election,,,,,,Americans voted for him,,,,,ENJOY!
@@mohammadwasilliterate8037 so you mean there was no drug flowing from Mexico when Bozo was in office?
Theres a problem Japan is facing here that is going widely unreported.
Mainly that as the Yakuza are stamped out they are being replaced by foreign gangs who are taking over the now vacant criminal industries. Drugs, prostitution, etc. These markets are not going away with the Yakuza and foreign gangs are quick to move in and capitalise on this.
Problem is that these foreign gangs are a lot more violent than the Yakuza ever were and the Japanese police are simply not equipped or trained to deal with that kind of violence.
Where the Yakuza used to see themselves as a part of the community (albeit a criminal part) and in turn limited their worst excesses. These foreign criminals have a proven difficulty emphasising with the Japanese public and have no such qualms about violence, slavery, hard drugs, etc.
Where the Yakuza would turn their nose up at the idea of kidnapping children for sale as sex slaves. A Malaysian, Vietnamese or Chinese gang member will quite happily make that sale.
Are you making a point for organized crime?
@@CB66941 I don't think they are tbh. I think they're highlighting what happens when an era of crime goes extinct in a region (eg. Prohibition in the USA, Opium Trade in China and Piracy in the Carribbean). There will more or less Definitively be new factions rising up to take over Yakuza's dying Empire (The Triads will most definitely want a piece) and It's likely they won't be as tradition oriented as The Yakuza were. Then again they may also be a felon who IS arguing on behalf of organised crime. Who knows 😂.
@@CB66941 While it may seem that way to someone who hasn't lived in Japan, Yakuza is a really, really weird form of mafia. They have offices in central districts with name plates saying that they are Yakuza. This is something you won't see anywhere else in the world. As said in the original post, Yakuza's basic rules do prohibit "harming" the general public. But now that the police have cracked down hard, a lot of illegal gangs who are not named "Yakuza", such as "Han-gure" and foreign gangs have taken its place, and they are much more covert and violent. This trend has also affected the Yakuza, namely the ones in Kyushu area where they have turned violent and aggressive to the public. It's a weird balance that they held for so long. While much of their activity was illegal (such as gambling), they held a niche in society. It's honestly hard to say if Japan is safer now because of this crackdown.
@@CB66941 Crime has to be organzied. The "law" can't do this. At best it can only coexist and let the most controlled events of disorder play out.
Otherwise people will explode and the uncontained chaos spills over and affects everyone on a larger scale.
That problem is not the police being ill equipped or incapable. This is actually the problem with japanese culture as a whole. The culture of japan is to behave in a strict way. Where reality changes, the behavior remains and the society as a whole end up dealing with the repercussions of an unchanging culture.
So The people remove the yakuza. The void is filled with something else. But the way in which the yakuza respected the general public, the new groups do not. The new ways of new groups are not playing by the old rules and because the culture tells the police not to change. The police do nothing. Its a lot like dealing with a mindless machine. It cannot go beyond the central program parameters and anything outside of those parameters, is met with denial and disregard. Hate to say it, but japanese people are fairly dumb in regard to being an individual. So much so, that the entire population will literally be gone in 127 years, because they refuse to change to correct social behaviors, that stunt population growth. They will simply die out, from old age.
So much irony with japanese culture. Literally dying out because half of your species hates the other half(females tend to hate males in japan). No sex, thus a national crisis due to a lack of f*cking each other. How perverse.
Driving a shiny Audi & struggling to survive? You are right
maybe it's a ranted car to keep the image up..
@@lyhthegreat that’s not a rental because the driver’s seat is on the left. Rentals have drivers seat on the right in Japan.
probably just one of the few nice cars left in the family, reserved for the boss to use. they were the top guys in the clan, according to the video
@@sittingduck02 I have driven rental cars in Japan, and you are making that up. None of the rental cars I have had has had the driver seat on the right, Why on Earth would driver seats on rental cars be on the right in Japan?
@@Ryokan76 When did you drive a renal in Jp, in your dream?
Yakuza saying, ‘Damn millennials ruined everything.’ 😆
"ok boomer"
@@PWCDN ok skinny jean wearing pole smoker
@@jonmacdonald5345 ok jon
Because they blood'n & crip'n now a days
@Freyr No I didn't I was just stating a fact!
Two things:
1. A black market will always exist
2. Who fills the power vacuum left by the vanishing Yakuza?
the sumos will takeover lmao
1. Yes
2. Yakuza will have to have to have outsiders as Yakuza. They will have outsiders to be recruited.
They got small time criminals too (hangure) and they have more rights than the yakuza which means they can make easier businesses like bars, etc.
50 years old is the average age. Imagine they are fighting on the street with back pain.
imagine them years ago
Triple OG status
Its not common to have back pain at 50 lol
@@Dom-fx4kt they definitely have those at 60 70 years old.. Outside of this group, 20 30 years old now already have back pain due to poor sitting posture and lack of exercise.
Im 60 and i feel like 20
Mafia went from streets to Internet. Theese guys just didn't have the skills to keep up with the transition.
well the educated mafia went into politics as their forefathers before, continuing their dynasties. regular mafia always recruited peasantry so they always lacked the know how to stay up to date and can only flourish when there is a power vacuum up top.
true, but scamming grandpa of insurance money is hardly as profitable as protection money for doing basically nothing.
xactly.
I haven't heard about the Mafia getting most of their money online. Did you make that up, or did you hear about one or two online scams?
@@WIACZO : *Yo, most mafias still get money oldschool way...including Gambling, short term high interest loans and their favorites being 9r0stitut1on amd dr@gs. M@f1a wont be d@mb enough to Invest online; a ecosystem that is most trackable
It's worth noting that an uptick in low level street crime increased when the Yakuza lost power. Lots of criminals, both native and immigrant that go into territories they wouldn't have dared gone into before.
For a long time the Yakuza acted almost as a branch of the official government, while the police's role was crime prevention. Yakuza was allowed to exist in an attempt to "control" crime. It worked on some fundamental level too. That isn't to say I have sympathy for Yakuza or regret what happened to them. I don't. But I find it interesting on how society operated with, in essences, decriminalized crime.
That's why people respected guys like Pablo Escobar and El Chapo. They did more for them than the government.
@@mateofuego6911 Yeah el Chapo did not help people, don’t know where you heard that from
@@mateofuego6911 you watch narcos too much, you need to learn the truth man
@@citymorgue8462 ask any local in the Mexican state of Sinaloa- El Chapo & the Sinaloa Cartel have built schools, roads, provided plumbing & access in remote mountainous regions, while also gifting everything from solar power systems, to tractors and vehicles to locals in the state. Let’s just say that greasing the gears and buying sympathy has been a way of survival & expansion for the Sinaloa cartel
@@KeannuReevezzz03 A Netflix drama loosely based around actual events is hardly a source of reliable information.
It's okay guys. The Yakuza still lives on in our video games. That's the only Yazuka we need.
Lol why would people need the yakuza to live
GOOOOGOGO! GO YUAR WAY! BEELIBU YOURSELF!!
no one wants them around anyways. they have done unspeakable things to innocent people . ive heard the most despicable stories on the internet about what they've done to people
@@eliforp715 That's rad!
@@xAssassin24 Majima doing the hustle.
One of the changes not mentioned here is the increase in sentencing. In the past a young gang member would murder someone, get 15-20 years then come out at age 35-40 and be looked after by the gang. Now murder is getting 30-40 years.
Still too lenient
Or the gangs are getting more sophisticated with technology so no need to murder anymore
@@leonhenry4861 Looks like you didn't watch the video
@@spoddie to be fair...the video does mention that some young yakuza seem to be fairly proficient with modern technology. It's mostly seems like the old guard are the ones that are dying out.
Murder should always get the death penalty. It's harder to come back from that.
It's hard to believe that Yakuza doesn't already have their hands in Police, Banks, and Schools. Like when they ran things, they rannn it. So I don't see them losing a foothold anytime soon.
Nah the government just tolerated them because they were doing their own thing.
As soon as civilians were affected by their activities the government cracked down on them so hard with death penalty, bank account laws and everything, now they're afraid to leave the house like chickens.
The government is in full control, not like in South America or other places.
I feel like some people who don't live in Japan like to exaggerate yakuzas power because maybe they think it's cool or they watched too many movies but reality is different.
The government was pretty successful in weakening them dramatically although not fully eradicated yet. Other countries should learn from Japan.
It is and remains the country with the lowest crime rate.
i find with older gangs, the leadership is so entrenched, that there is nowhere for the younger members to rise without expansion of territories, which is usually opposed by the old guard because they are comfortable and dont want the upsets that come along with moving into a rivals turf.
@@Leo-hr7yq It's not even in the top 10 countries with the lowest crime rates, but yeeeeeah.
@@Leo-hr7yq Japan isn't even in the top 35.
Total crimes per 1000 22.39 Ranked 36th.
@@randomname766 US ain't even the most peaceful country
I'm watching this and reminded of a scene from The Sopranos. A couple of mobsters try to shake down a coffee shop and the manager's answer to their attempts was it all has to go through corporate. As they leave empty handed one of them comments "It's over for the little guy." Times are changing and the mafia risks getting left behind if they can't adapt.
they better go home and grab their shinebox!
Yeah you cant shake down a starbucks like the old mom and pop coffee shop lmao xD
this nostalgia like documentary about murder, gambling extortion prostitution and who knows what else like it was such a nice time, is a bit disturbing.
this is excatly what i thought when i read the comment above yours
"it's over for the little guy.."
the yakuza never had the makings of a varsity crime group
It's crazy that they're asking for help from the authorities when they don't want to answer to authority
not really, hypocrisy is mankinds worst flaw, just look at the war on terror and how people still foam at the mouth over the idea that 9/11 can justify destablizing entire nations and all that other wannabe-imperialist garbage.
@@poopyanalbumhole so is the US army and politics
@@poopyanalbumhole well 05 was better
@@notjimpickens7928 acting like Afghanistan and Iraq already werent going down the toilet drain 😂😂😂
@@luissuarez7832 yeah, but why was the us involved from day one. To simply pull out, tails tucked, and leaving people behind. Coward of a nation this is
Imagine feeling sad for criminals that were killing, robbing, corrupting, threatening to pay "protection money", disturbing civilians etc... 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@FB_Marketplace_Lowballer zhong xina should bing chilling instead of giving opinions for increased amount of glorious social credits
Excellent point... +150 social credits 👍
Yakuza never was much of a violent organisation as shown it was mostly around gambling and raccateering. Mostly crimes without victims so the people didnt care. But when the clans started fighting and people got hurt publicly they got cancelled.
@@Seelenverheizer They literally said it themselves that they're violent and doesn't know how to live a normal life...
@@zhongxina2614
でも、一般人を無意味に傷つけると下っ端の犯行でも事務所のボスが連帯責任で逮捕されるほど暴力団(ヤクザ)に対する法の締め付けは強くなってるから、基本的に一般人に危害は加えることは無いと思います。
元ヤクザの一般人に対してなら有り得る。
(直近のヤクザによる銃撃ニュース)
In Italy we started having a reduction of the mafia activity when the government started expropriating goods and bank accounts from mafia members and their relatives. That’s how you do it.
right now all of italy😅is in the hands of clans, mafia and human trafficers
@@arikalamari19 no its not. Wtf are u talking about?
Crazy to hear man in Mexico they got politicians on check over here one mistake and whole family will get wiped out
@@arikalamari19 I live in South Italy. You clearly don't know what you're talking about.
Mafia control everything in italy,even the tomatos parmegiano and your food on the table :)))
This documentary guy probably is more used to telling stories about the homeless, drug abusers, and hookers. i almost shed a tear with this one
XD
I almost thought about feeling sorry for Mr henchman
😭
Honestly with how insane the Japanese work environment and culture is this is unbelievable. How would organized crime shrink when the legal means to getting by amount to near slave conditions.
I definitely feel like that is one reason why It’s exploding everywhere else. But other places don’t have laws in place to stop this sort of organized crime.
Well i think in japans case yes the work culture can be terrible. However, turning to the yakuza for a lifestyle for the reasons outlined in the video isnt better anymore. You cant open a bank account, rent a place to live, and society ostracizes you. So its no longer "threaten some people for money cause its easier than working in an office", its "working in my bad office job is still better than being in a criminal gang i can at least have a roof over my head"
In this peaceful and prosperous times as education, technology, and medicine has advanced, yakuza or japanese mafia has become hindrance to society, so entering yakuza is like entering a business that has already fallen from peak
@rho Nothing cringe about wanting to live your life and not attach yourself to relics of the past the are ostracized in your own country.
@@TopGod97 By live, you mean in an apartment 6 foot square for your whole life living out of vending machines? Its purely risk vs reward. The reward for doing everything right in japan is at least a roof over your head even in a tiny apartment. In my country you can do everything right and still not afford rent. In places like white suburban america the risk of failing at sport is even too big a risk to take when they all know they can get a normal life easier. Same in a lot of european countries. Thats why all their sports stars come from poor areas, its why eastern european gangs are the biggest most of the time, they dont catch their poor people so criminals give them a one in a thousand shot to be rich, and they all try for it.
@@geroutathat The 'risk' in the risk vs reward does not have to been correlated to gang activity. If you like seeing youth do this sh*t, visit some ghettos.
buy the dip kek
@@kamilo1175 but that was my point, people from a ghetto will gamble on longshots, sports and music, and crime. If society gives them a decent life even if they fall through cracks then they won't risk it for those things. Japan has a homeless population of zero. Their attack on the Mafia was backed up with social ideas
We can all say Japan is expensive, they all love in tiny apartments, but they are all out living, even the ones who try for university and fail and become shop workers. That simply does not exist in the USA or Europe and is a billion miles away in Serbia or Mexico
You can become a Yakuza, a company where you will meet harsh standards and doing barely legal things with unreal work requirements, little time to spend with your friends and family, and become hated by society.
Or you can become a Japanese salaryman, which is basically the same thing except more family friendly (except for those working for or with said company/corporation).
so it's basically a choose your poison scenario. I always hear life for an average Japanese salaryman is stressful
@@gilet102 Yeah, suicide rate's pretty high in east Asian countries in general including Japan, South Korea, etc.
bruhhhh the japanese salaryman lifestyle is amongst the worst life styles in the salaryman world loool
Or you could start your own business and be your own boss.
@@alexliu5806 ..it’s happening inNZ now with the c o v I’d laws being rapidly enacted
Don't worry Kiryu, Majima, and Yakuza Devs will make sure that Yakuza's spirit exists 😂
Kiryu has grown pretty old though
the easiest way for the mafia to get by is when everybody thinks they are gone
ok western internet dude in youtube comments, i'm sure you'd know.
@@Hinarukun are you saying that the mafia is only an eastern thing? 💀
@@Hinarukun what?
@@Hinarukun Repeat that to yourself.
@@Hinarukun americans everybody
Recently i’ve heard a lot about the yakuza declining rapidly but what i don’t understand is why some people see this as bad.The decline of gang violence is good no?
🍺🍺🍺🍺
It's that the Yakuza are being replaced by younger more violent and more foreign groups who won't hesitate to use violence on civilians.
The yakuza was castrated and became a glorified neighborhood watch with frat rituals lol. Calling them criminals is a technicality, as they don't really operate like that anymore
The yakuza play an important part in the underworld with no many with no code to restriction no consequences an already dangerous environment becomes even more unnecessarily dangerous
@@FriedTurkey it’s easier to deal with a gang that follows some semblance of rules, gangs in the US don’t care about “street code” anymore, everything is fair game. In more organized structures the little guys don’t go stupid so often like in America because they would have to face consequences.
Imagine if the Yakuza change their mandate from "organized crimes" to "organized peacekeeper/crime punisher". Maybe they'll get more recruits and may even be integrated by the government quite quickly.
They should become politicians, they’d fit right in….
They were at one point.
Some yakuzas still have ties to local politicians. Look no further than the "black" companies and shady subcontracting companies getting govt contracts even when they openly operate breaking every labor law with no repercussions
Thats what they did
@@FriedTurkey no such thing they are criminals
Most likely are.. criminals rule the world
crime syndicate will always exist, just in different shapes and forms, crime evolves alongside with our society. This also means we are changing.
Get elected like all the other criminals, then legalize it.
True words! And this is exactly what is happening here in Japan right now. What is shown on the video is a leftover of those who couldn't adapt. Others own corporations and make millions.
Yeah they all in government
All cyber now
Yakuza is not same. Yakuza is not so evil. They even try to help sometimes
Great to see the Japanese government cracking down on organised crime. All other countries need to follow their lead to ensure the safety and well being of their average citizens.
It's great to see organized crime and corruption getting squashed in Japan. The trend seems to be going in the opposite direction in many other places like Italy and latin america.
Haha, if only was that simple. Without yazuka anyone can be a criminal these days. Just look the number of japanese students that are now doing stuff that yakuza used to have exclusivity over.
@@Luabell he never say its that simple. and what is that even mean by without yakuza anyone can be criminal? even country with lowest crime rate still have criminal in it. u dont need to have yakuza/crime gang for crime to exist in the first place.
@@Luabell Large organized groups can do a lot more harm than lone actors. For example, estimates put mafia crime at 7% of Italy's entire GDP some years back. At that scale, it's not just petty crime but a real impediment to the development of the whole country's economy and quality of life. Dismantling organized crime rings is absolutely a step forward.
@@Luabell That's the most stupid argument I've ever heard.
Show me a country with 0 crime.
As long as humans will live, criminals will also live.
@@Luabell Anime avatar = opinion discarded
"I'm struggling to survive" he says in his brand new armani sweater.
It's an Armani Exchange sweater, so he is struggling.
you certainly mean "in his armani copy sweater".
@@BW-og1vu copy? only in America.
Most likely a fake this is Japan we are talking about
@@t3mpomusic Japan is not the only country where wannabe's are wearing fakes.
The only place the Yakuza attract youngsters is on the long running video game series...
"French TV documentary about Japanese mafia, in English"
Mr. World wide!
Narrated by an Indian 🤣🤣
With an german englisch accent
Perfect
Well, the best use for criminals is having them aid the system to understand crime. Many companies and governments offer deals to hackers, smugglers, thieves, scammers, and conmen to analyze vulnerabilities and implement safer solutions while keeping them away from committing crimes.
Well thats what these guys were doing. If the govenment didn't cracked down on them, the mafia will rule the underworld. But now? There are smaller gangs in numbers popping up across Japan. The Japanese govenrment made the situation worst in fact. If they would allow the mafia to flourish, they will force these smaller gangs to be under their control.
They have to be exterminated
lololol yakuza are the most ineffective criminal group by far, the japanese government would learn more from somali pirates then these clowns
@@gamingrex2930 Somali pirates are easy to kill.
Give me hug
Yet in Italy, the Mafia is now the government and all the clans are stronger then before. Italy likes people to think it's ended, but not true, today they are stronger then ever.
Lucky for Japan, their government is not corrupt, or maybe 1 In a hundred, in Italy 1 in a hundred senators is honest.
"Lucky for Japan, their government is not corrupt", i had a laugh attack while reading this, the japanese goverment is very much corrupt, but also does its job well
Yep.. mafia ruins everything
i have no words, have you been in Japan? , talked to japanese people?, i'd argue that about a quarter of senators are painfully obvious sellouts, like completly blantant and other 2 quarters hides it very well, corruption its rooted deep within japanese society how do you think the yakuza survived this long, maybe theres less corruption in Japan than in Italy but i don't really know about Italy enough to tell
@@gameplaysuffering1620 yeah true i live in calabria italy and trust me the mafia are very very much still alive.. theyve turned more into drug thugs than the “honored society” they once were
@@gameplaysuffering1620 I am Italian bro.
Crime hasn't been reduced. The decline of the Yakuza has created a vacuum now occupied by more dangerous gangs that are much harder to stop. Japanese TH-camrs have spoken about this.
i agree with you . number of hangure and chinpira may increase.
@@rarararaijapanese7238 Hangure, chinpira?
I agree
Hangure are more dangerous now
@@oyveyshalom hangure are your average street thugs, chinpira refers to yakuza in training and refers to juvenile delinquents in general. basically new organized crime with less rules and certainly not honourbound.
I would compare it to the Local Pimps being replaced by the serbian Mafia in Europa after the Fall of the SU. Way bloodier, way less respect for human life and communities but also way more lucrative for investors.
If the yakuza promised them a lifetime supply of waifu anime products it might just entice the new generation to join.
One of the funnier new yakuza gigs is a form of mail delivery fraud where they would send single men who like to order stuff online either bootleg porn DVDs or, yes, risque waifu products and collect on the delivery fee (the products are worth less than the delivery fee). Why these products? Because the recipients are less likely to report the fraud to the cops when they get stuff they can, well... use.
The Yakuza where known to beat up Otaku back in the day.
Ahahahaha
Somehow I don't doubt that
@@andrewsuryali8540 ah yes hentai dvd
Isn't Japan amazing, even the gangs become hobby clubs.
Same with other gangs in the world like hell's angels
Correction: Osaka was not the stronghold of the Yamaguchigumi. Their headquarters is in the Shinohara district of Kobe city. The headquarters is still standing there today.
@Shee sh I live in Kobe, Japan. My house is near the headquarters.
@@XD-of8mo Non-Japanese are not allowed to join.
@@jeffersonisleib ah, that's their problem
If only they allow foreigner, there's will be many weeb willingly join Yakuza lmao
Cutting off my own fingers when I do something slightly wrong would convince me not to join either.
It's slightly exaggerated i think very few have a finger lost in yakuza, and more so now it's like a dead tradition from what i gather.
It ain't that bad.
Well, in other countries you would end up dead, for doing something "slightly wrong". What do we learn from it - dont do stuff wrong.
@@alexejvornoskov6580 Unless you're the boss man relative xD
Would you cut off your pinky for debt forgiveness? Honestly, most American debtors aren't that nice.
I think it's because of how japan had developed for the past decades. Japanese economy during the 60 to early 80's was still developing hence the number of young japanese (especially poor and out of school youth) can still easily be attracted by the yakuza/mafia's job offer. Look at those underdeveloped as well as developing country in Asia, Africa and South America where there's a lot of 'gangsters' and 'mafias' especially in underprivileged areas of every country. Also, the japanese had still "strongmen/matcho" culture back then before it became fully 'pacified' and turned in today's 'kawaii' culture.
Sadly, the Yakuza won't be gone forever, once the Japanese demographic and economic collapse happen, they'll be back on the streets.
Sounds like a realistic prediction. Decrease of money can create poverty and when a lot of people run out of money they decide to do crime. Maybe a new wave of Yakuza may appear in the future but the laws Japan has against them would make things very difficult. They'd have to try extremely hard to be invisible and anonymous.
"Sadly" u mean fortunately, because the Yakuza are part of the Japanese heritage and should never go away.
@@manuelcalavera7272 a criminal group that runs sex trafficking rings, scams, extorts, and murders is not somthing that should be kept around. Its not a part of japanese heritage they're just criminals. Stop romanticising these disgusting criminal groups.
@@manuelcalavera7272 its always non-japanese people that romanticise and make yakuza a part of "Japanese Heritage" when in reality they are criminals who do terrible things
@Mastnaer Ceef yeah that case was just so sickening, especially how they were barely punished for it.
it's not about "I only know how to be a Yakuza"
we're talking about East Asian cultures here.
read between the lines.
aside being stigmatized because they once was a Yakuza or involved with, most of them can't grasp the logic earning pennies through earnest and honest works.
you can't except someone that in decades past can sack hundred of thousand of Yens by acting though and threatening peoples for quick cash to be able stand 8 to 10 hrs in front of a store giving pamphlets that gives them less than 1000 Yens per hrs.
everyone that once in the Yakuza and now "rehabilitated" or whatever they claims to be still living the daydream of bygone era of Yakuza 0
yakuza would like to know your location
Laughs at Mexican drug cartels making billions on drugs >.>
The Chinese drug lords took over their market. They supply meth all over Asia and the rest of the world .
"you can't except someone that in decades past can sack [thousands of dollars] by acting though and threatening peoples for quick cash to be able stand 8 to 10 hrs in front of a store giving pamphlets that gives them less than [ten dollars] hrs.
everyone that once in the Yakuza and now "rehabilitated" or whatever they claims to be still living the daydream of bygone era of Yakuza 0"
these aren't insane numbers.
@@josephjagusah8668 Well noshitsherlock
but I don't see some former Donqui temp or Lawson temp or some random ramen stores employee got fancy coverage by some foreign news outlet about how suck they life is just because they lived they life without breaking any social norms and civil laws.
these dudes pay the ultimate price for their wrong doing, the society pays them back with the demand that they take that +/-1000 yen per hour wage or scram.
I don't see unfairness when a freshmen out of school/collage/freeter is rated the same as someone that in the past can approach you and in 5 minutes can extort you any valuable just because they think they can.
Those who would have joined Yakuza are now educated and have joined a more advanced criminal organisations like IMF, the world health organisation WHO etc
If it makes Japan safer, I think it might be a good thing.
it doesnt Yakuza had a strict codes and there place was knonwn in society. Now Hangure is replacing it reckless Japanese gangs who are far more violent.
All countries has crimes but Japan is a lot more safer than the usa. Thats for sure... i lived in the usa for 30 years so i know. In the US, If you drop something or leave your stuff on the table, most likely it will be gone but in japan 80% of the time No one would touch it and they will return it back to you. Japan Bus or subway is 100% cleaner than the US. New york subway always smell like piss and garbage are all around. Japan and south korea its super clean. They take public sanitation to a whole other level and they respect public laws and regulation much more than the USA. Their citizen obey the law much more than the people in the usa. You get free high speed wifi in almost all public place and especially the subway. In usa their internet is 1000x time weaker than japan so it cannot penetrate underground in the subway.
@@JohnT2088 same in Taiwan~
@@archersbeready6229 the yakuza was just as bad, dont romanticize criminals. they’d regularly rape and take advantage of young women and beat people into extortion
@@justincooper233 -100 social credit
It was inevitable, as finances become increasingly digital and physical money is phased out, mostly petty and digital crimes will become common place and even digital crimes will become difficult as authorities tighten the belt on unauthorised bank accounts.
That's the case and there's s new term for that, 'hangure' refers to non-yakuza organized crime, which is mostly thugs and petty criminals working in groups.
@@GiveMeCoffee
Yeah, essentially Yakuza is going legal, by integrating into Capitalism and abusing every loophole they can in the law to earn money, essentially they are doing what big Corporations are doing, but on a smaller scale, the escort business is a great example of this, its legalised prostitution even though prostitution is illegal in Japan.
Which I don't like since those in power will tax you for every small transaction. Your grandma sends you $100 for your birthday. Zionks! $15 is kept for taxes. Fvcking stupid.
@@henryjohnson-ville3834
Nah its beautiful, I love Capitalism, frankly we are not taxed enough, 90% of our income ought to be taxed away to rich peoples pockets.
@@henryjohnson-ville3834 Are you a commie?
The Yakuza were left unchecked for decades and they got too greedy. They actually damaged the international economy by taking out so many loans they never intended to pay back, so I imagine international pressure was on Japan to finally crack down.
The Hangure is replacing the Yakuza as the dominant criminal element in the Japanese underworld, and they are much worse.
Now that is a name barely heard mentioned, but it is a name I have heard before. Hmmmm.
They seem like punks replacing the more polite and reasonable criminals.
Yeah the Hangure are closer to what we commonly refer to as gangs, they lack the code of ethics and morals of the Yakuza and other mafia organizations around the world.
Don't get it twisted, the Yakuzas are still in charge of organize crime in Japan, they control the Japanese prison system. The old guards are laying low and have the authority thinking that the Hangure and Chimpiras are working against them but fact working for them.
_For people like me, who were born and raised in Tokyo and started out in Shibuya or Roppongi, the yakuza lifestyle was not impressive. It was the classic route for a street tough, but it just didn’t seem appealing or cool to sign up for a position that would mean being severely restricted. More than that though, we thought it was smarter to get by with just simple force. I mean, we used to win street fights even against yakuza members._
_We weren’t the yakuza, but we were well known as uncompromising fighters. For the managers and entertainers out partying, it was a form of status to be escorted by our group of toughs, and we could be useful to them._
Cyberpunk future is here
Just when kiryu thought he was out, they pull him back in!
The problem is this will create a vacuum and what replaces it usually is worse, not better.
"I would describe the mafia as a bit like cockroaches. They're very resistant" lmao no Japanese word mincing there
He was still being polite
One of the things you notice about the Japanese is that while they are very polite they tend to cut right to the heart of matters. Which would be a great deal more helpful to them if not for a "can't be helped" or "such is life" attitude deeply rooted among them. When they act they act decisively but they are given to not act at all.
@@vorynrosethorn903 Yeah that's been my impression / experience too. One of the fascinating things about this culture
They should probably try to attract youth with music, like their degenerate counter parts do in the west.
They used to run kabuki theatres and traditional musical theatres back in the day, some Yakuza members had JPOP groups in the 80s and 90s, not sure about today however.
@@SMGJohn Since the 2010 as Japanese pop and entertainment became more mainstream and imported to the west it also became cleaner. The industry is huge enough on its own that it doesn't need yakuza help that much.
@@HelloOnepiece
Thats true, but there still many smaller musical groups in Japan that are actively exploited, not by Yakuza but rather petty criminal networks that deal in sex trafficking, prostitution and other degenerate enslavement of women and girls.
And its not just Japan, almost all countries with big powerful music industries suffer from same issues, profit is above all and because of this, some companies, managers or studios are willing to sacrifice their pop stars to those who can pay for the night.
Pffftt that’s the worst gang in the world you would ever see
They're reporting on Yakuza like they're some innocent, peaceful, abused, suffering, unprotected, group of people....
It's so weird, you would expect something illegal to be dealt with, especially in modern Japan
but. organized crime isnt illegal. so why would they do something ?
@@dbspaceoditty it is thats why it's called a crime
The "thug life" isn't worth it in Japan or any first world country for that matter. It's a digital world. You will undoubtedly get pinched. Young brothers out there should get real jobs and own BUSINESSES, not robbing them
the fact that they cut your fingers off if you fail the mission is why will the youth does not want to participate in this gangs.
So you're saying people were more brave in the past than now? I don't think so at all. There's little to no benefits to join the Yakuza these days - No power, very little money and you will get shunned in society. Yakuza used to be rich and powerful but nowadays they're actually below the homeless. A homeless person can get a job, then a bank account then an apartment. A Yakuza (or retired Yakuza) cannot - That's why nobody wants to join.
@@dopedrums "So you're saying people were more brave in the past than now?"
Yes.
Lol what about cartels. They do much worse things.
"my girl who do you want me to kill for you" - this isnt something i thought i'd see someone quote someone else with pride over lol.
It sounds cringy af in todays times lol
1:08 what is that game they are playing?
Well how would they be able to attract young people when the average age in japan is like 93
I am always blown away by how open the Japanese are about this topic. As for the criminals cry me a river.
hard to recruit with that whole "cut off your pinky" thing
Perhaps there’s hope of reform for the Yakuzas, now that they are in such a precarious position
The new criminal element of Japan is picking up where the old guard has left off. No tattoos, no intimidating presence, just smart and controlled criminal enterprise in line with what is necessary in this modern era. The Yakuza that has long been dramatized is ending for obvious reasons. Others are filling the gap. Trust me, organized crime in Japan is as strong as ever however it has smartly hidden itself as necessary. Myself? 20 year resident of Japan with contact/friends in the underside of life and long aware/in communication about this issue of the changing face of crime here
@@mammamiapizzeria4911 I’m awfully curious too.
I'm hearing that Yakuza are being replaced by much more unpredictable and violent foreign gangs. Is this true?
Yakuza is not failing to attract young people, the aging population means that the youth are too busy with job hours to even care about family
They should hire me as their marketing director
They're just reaping what they sowed and it's pathetic they can't deal with it
When the guy said "I don't know how to do anything else but be a yakuza" I felt kinda sad. They should be given more if a chance to live a normal life
@@sumw4n526 thats a rather harsh way to deal with people, i hope the japanese government dont treat drug addicts like that, since its the one of the top five nations currently dealing with an opiate crisis.
Yeah but that’s what he’s saying, he can’t live a normal life even given the chance. He knows he’s a criminal at heart
If you knew what those people had done, if you had been a relative of their victims, Baby, you wouldn't feel bad for them. Not to mention, at the time of this video, they're STILL gangsters, they're STILL doing bad things...
I'm sure he can figure out how to mop floors. He just doesn't want to. Don't feel bad for people who spent their whole lives victimizing others and took much more than they gave. The price they're paying seems to be extremely mild for all the damage they've likely done to society
‘a family’ on netflix is a masterpiece of a film that deals with the life of the yakuza. a must watch
Wait is a family & yakuza & the family the same thing? &
@@tggorudon2551 yes it’s the same thing!
They have to adapt with the times if they wish to survive, the yakuza must get Into hacking, digital ransomware, crypto etc.
Like the mafia, criminal organizations are just realizing that being a corporate ceo has all the perks of a criminal empire but much less of the legal ramifications. The bigger your corporation the higher above the law you get.
It’s hard to get rid of cockroaches. They always adapt to whatever you do to stop them.
Yakuza is just turning into "legal" businesses and some lowlifes even worse than Yakuza are taking over the vacuum
Well not this time.
@@larshofler8298 Like the Hangure and Triad crews?
@@geraldshields9035 I don't think there are a lot of triads in Japan, but I guess I meant new gangs formed out of street youths. I don't know the details either, but last time I heard gangster is a big problem in Japan
My Grandfather was told this same analogy, His response to that was "Bet you they can't adapt to bullets."
it's kinda fitting how they panned the shot to the movie theatre airing "House Jack built" a movie about a serial killer getting caught at the end.
Looks more like a recruitment video for the yakuza. Where do I sign.
Man, things really went downhill for the yakuza after the Omi Alliance fell apart.
I think the Yakuza just starting to quit crime altogether and invest their time in honest jobs would make things better, like forming honest businesses and providing jobs that pay more than Black Companies or form labor unions to fight for the salarymen who are working for almost a hundred hours a week and get paid as much as a 7-11 worker. This would perfectly work, at least to fix the Yakuza image, at least if they stop resorting to crimes and fight corruption in the government as well, while supporting the people more They should also adapt to the digital age as well, at least.
That's like doing the reverse of Italian mafia. From dock workers unionizing to crime, crime to workers unionizing. Beautiful.
Informative.
I’d love to visit Japan someday. Looks beautiful and peaceful. 🇺🇸 🇰🇪 🇯🇵
Mafia is failing due to their new law towards yakuza. I believe one of the law is they can't even open a bank after just getting out yakuza for few years I believe. But I believe there's an uprising syndicate composed of youngins do illegal businesses. They dont call themselves as yakuza so they don't get affected by the law.
I'm pretty sure that you believe
Did you watch the video?
Now, why on earth would anybody want to become a yakuza in this modern era?
Honor
@@Enlightened0ne An idea most subjective; impossible to define!
@@justdev8965 need only look into the culture in question to understand definition.
Otherwise you might work 16 hours a day?
Working life is much different in Japan. Very linear, study, work, die. Except they take it to the extreme, hence the suicide rates etc etc.
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Good to shine a light on the Yakuza´s problems. Many organisations are fighting with the problem to acquire young and fresh staff, especially during the pandemic. Working from home is not a viable concept for the Yakuza. The french citizens are certainly glad to hear and happy to pay for FRANCE24's effort to report those problems in faraway (12 hours flight) Japan.
"The last Yakuza" is a good title for a movie.
The Yakuza have existed since time immemorial, they are so embedded in the system of power that it is almost impossible to eradicate them.
The most dangerous group that is replacing the Yakuza now is Hangure.
Is it known as the color gang?
Lmfao
@@araisannanoda3688 Nah bro their all over Japanese news. No joke. They are more underground gang. They have several ways to make money including scamming the elderly.
A Japanese TH-camr made a video about this. The youngsters are forming their own little street gangs that do their own thing, like petty crimes and drug dealing. And these syndicates will always exist
Man they should've listened to me when I told them to invest on gamestop
They can't it's out of character, you want people to make a joke of them or something?
@@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx huuh?! waddaya mean make a joke of them? GameStop's one of the most threatening and cut throat companies the world has ever heard of
Stories about yakuza are algo fascinating. Specially because how the older members look. They sure have a lot of style
Not just he Yakuza, but gangs in gener are dying out, here in California society has culturaly moved away from them.
Why would society pity them when they stole from others for years and place fear on people? It would make sense for them to pay back to society and give back everything they took. They are lucky enough to not be in jail for their crimes tbh.
This brief scene at 5:32 kinda rounded up the whole video. No matter how the Japanese population thinks about the Yakuza nowadays, they are one of the many contributors of what makes Japan today. This is the house that Yakuza built
my dream of becoming a yakuza member is going down the drain
I do not feel bad for the Yakuza, nothing is stopping them from making an honest living.
not being able to have an apartment or a bank account? lol
@@AcceleratingUniverse These gangsters are not 'victims'
@@xofox_studio what does "not being 'victims'" have to do with the fact that they objectively have quite a lot stopping them from making honest livings
@@AcceleratingUniverse and how about those who suffers from their threat for years?
@@xofox_studio You are one little goal post shifter, aren't ya?
Gangs and mafia can be easily removed by governments if they really want to
Bruh the yakuza is badass bro I treat them like the Italian mafia and its professional
Yakuza is not declining. To survive, many of them adapted to modernising society & technology, and pivoted their businesses to investing.
Now they own a lot of companies in Japan, from big to small. A cafe/hosting club business is one of the popular Yakuza-run investments in Japan since it brings in a lot of money from regular citizen customers.
When you travel to Japan and visit a cafe or host club, you won't even know if it's run by Yakuza because it looks like any other ordinary cafe place. But then you'll know for sure once that cafe starts charging you expensive prices so be careful.
Hostess clubs charge the hostess if any customer, presumably Yakuza, refuses to pay
They need to scout for members in other countries.
Many foreigners dream is to be part of Yakuza.
Yes we will