Even more dispiriting and harmful to their carefully nurtured image of lovable bad boys, many Japanese are pointing at yakuza involvement with the banks and loan companies, the avalanche of unpaid mortgages and are blaming the hoods for Japan's entire economic woes.
There was another NYTimes article on how "long time" members of the Yakuza, with an emphasis pre-crash on financial revenue sources, faced severe layoffs (I can't find it, google quality search problems).
Even more dispiriting and harmful to their carefully nurtured image of lovable bad boys, many Japanese are pointing at yakuza involvement with the banks and loan companies, the avalanche of unpaid mortgages and are blaming the hoods for Japan's entire economic woes.
There was another NYTimes article on how "long time" members of the Yakuza, with an emphasis pre-crash on financial revenue sources, faced severe layoffs (I can't find it, google quality search problems).