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Anyone who’s been to Japan knows that the convenience store is the prefect place to get snacks, pay your bills, buy adult material, and get into a fight. Wait, what?

Japan
(convenience stores • funny • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • video • video games • yakuza • yakuza 6)

Hello Kitty cosplays as gun-slinging schoolgirl from new “Sailor Suit and Machine Gun” movie

Oona McGee
Jan 28, 2016

Hello Kitty loves to cosplay and this time she’s dressing up as a badass schoolgirl with a machine gun.

Japan
(cosplay • Hello Kitty • movies • sailor suit • sailor uniform • School uniform • schoolgirl • yakuza)

PlayStation 4 gets limited edition ‘Yakuza Kiwami’ model

Anime News Network
Jan 15, 2016

Model will ship alongside Yakuza Kiwami game on January 21.

Japan
(console • design • Kiwami • Playstation 4 • video games • yakuza)

50-man yakuza brawl broken up by 100 police leads to four arrests

Master Blaster
Dec 9, 2015

Police were luckily able to return all the fighters to Adventure Mode before any serious injuries were sustained.

Japan
(brawl • crime • Kabukicho • Ryu ga Gotoku • yakuza)

Japan’s biggest yakuza organization tweets to announce that Halloween is cancelled this year

Scott Wilson
Oct 23, 2015

Ah Halloween. After Christmas, it’s easily the best time of the year to be a kid. You get to dress up, scare people with your friends, and then best of all… go to your local organized crime branch to get a giant bag of candy.

Such has been the annual tradition on Halloween for children who visit the headquarters of the Japanese yakuza group Yamaguchi-gumi in Kobe. But this year, Halloween has had an “unfortunate accident” and been cancelled, meaning the mob will be handing out no candy.

Wait… what? Japanese mafia? Halloween candy? What do these things have in common? Read on to find out!

Japan
(candy • halloween • Halloween in Japan • Kobe • Organized crime • twitter • yakuza)

Yakuza 6 to feature baddest Yakuza film dude of all time: Japanese actor Beat Takeshi 【Video】

Evie Nyan
Sep 29, 2015

Japanese actor and director “Beat” Takeshi Kitano is an instantly recognisable face over here in Japan, but westerners might be more familiar with him in his role as sadistic homeroom teacher Kitano in Battle Royale, or perhaps as the host of the madcap 1980s Japanese game show Takeshi’s Castle.

But it turns out that ol’ Beat is no longer just the face of Japanese TV and gritty movies, as he has recently joined a long line of celebrities lending their voices and images to video games. Check out Beat Takeshi’s appearance in the upcoming Sega game, Yakuza 6, in the following trailer.

Global, Japan
(Beat Takeshi • Sega • video games • yakuza • yakuza 6)

Taxi driver’s tip to stay safe: “The one thing you should say if you run into yakuza”

Krista Rogers
Jul 9, 2015

When one of our Japanese-language reporters stepped into a taxi the other day, the driver suddenly turned to him and asked, “Sir, do you know what you should say if you have a run in with some yakuza?”

Our man was a bit taken aback by the sudden question out of nowhere, but he answered, “Shouldn’t you say you’ll call the police?”

“That’s the usual response, but there’s an even better one,” the driver replied. He then proceeded to share a bit of advice which an actual yakuza whom he had once driven had secretly shared with him.

Japan
(advice • crime • taxis • yakuza)

From 0 to Lv 9999 badass in an instant! Online shop specializes in Japanese gangster fashion

Joan Coello
May 29, 2015

One of the many interesting sights in Japan is the myriad fashion styles that exist. Although trends come and go, there are certain characteristics in each fashion faction that distinguish them from the others. For example, gyaru are often associated with heavy fake eyelashes, colored contacts and dramatic hairstyles, lolitas are usually decked out in doll-like dresses with poofy skirts accentuated with lace and frills, and obasan (middle-aged women) from Osaka are known for their fondness of leopard prints.

As one would expect, since there are people who dress in a specific style, there have to be retailers who sell clothes and accessories that cater to their unique fashion needs. In the case of Japanese gangster fashion, we came across this incredible online retailer that claims to transform common people into gangsters in a matter of seconds with their fashion pieces. Check out this fashion badass after the break!

Japan
(fashion • gangster • online shopping • yakuza)

Onsen in Nagano will now welcome foreigners with tattoos, as long as they patch ’em up

Evie Nyan
Apr 17, 2015

Many foreign visitors to Japan are curious about taking a dip in one of Japan’s many hot springs or sento public baths, but are deterred by two factors: the embarrassment of being naked in public, and the worry that even having a small tattoo – very much taboo in Japan – might result in being ejected from the premises. While the first issue is something that can be overcome with a little bravery, the second issue is undoubtedly a problem.

However, a resort inn in Nagano has now publicly stated that they will allow foreigners with small tattoos to enter, providing they cover up the offending ink with a patch.

Global, Japan
(bath • foreigners • hot spring • onsen • sento • tattoo • yakuza)

We apply to appear in new Yakuza game, still waiting to hear back from Sega

Master Blaster
Jul 28, 2014

Since it first began on the PlayStation 2 in 2005, the violent action-adventure series Yakuza (Ryu ga Gotoku in Japan) has sold 6.5 million copies around the world. With a new edition of the series in the works, Sega is holding auditions for men who would like to appear in it.

Thinking this would be a great way to promote our humble website, we assembled a team of our manliest men to try out. It’s undoubtedly going to be tough, but to help increase our chances we sent each reporter to audition for a different character.

Japan
(Ryu ga Gotoku • video games • yakuza)

American boxer/pornstar/yakuza enforcer caught terrorizing office worker【TomoNews Video】

TomoNews
Jun 17, 2014

A Tokyo office worker says former champion boxer Christian Eugenio-Gomez threatened him, saying “pay up or cut off your finger.” More details after the break!

Japan
(news • TomoNews • weird • yakuza)

Tour alleged yakuza hideouts on Google Maps

Michelle Lynn Dinh
May 7, 2014

As Google Maps expands its reach across the globe, netizens are finding more and more hidden treasures amongst the usual images of street signs and roadways. Sure, we catch a flock of human pigeons every now and then, but this next photo gallery is a little subtler than mobs of masked people purposely trying to live on forever in Google Maps. No, this is a different kind of mob…the mob. The yakuza, rumored to number in the hundred-thousands in Japan, have landed themselves on Google Maps more than a few times and we’re not quite sure they appreciate being photographed.

Japan
(castle • crime • hideout • yakuza)

Real-life GTA missions: Yakuza member charged with trespassing after chasing boss’s cat

Preston Phro
Oct 13, 2013

Everyone loves cats–this is the basic premise of that the Internet is built on. From bored housewives to hyperactive teens to exhausted business people, no one is immune to their soft, fuzzy bellies and adorable eyes. Not even yakuza bosses!

In fact, one yakuza member run afoul the law after running over a shopping arcade roof, chasing after an escaped cat on his boss’s command.

Japan
(cat • cute • funny • yakuza)

Beautiful Japanese City Councilor: “I don’t wash my face or go to the bathroom”. Loses Job, Might be a Yakuza Alien.

Bruce
Aug 17, 2012

Asuka Tachikawa, 27, famous for being a “beautiful city councilor,” has had pressure put on her to quit her job because she is actually an alien in disguise trying to ruin the city of Niizu in Saitama (near Tokyo).

Elected as a city councilor in February this year, the Saitama Prefectural Electoral Office has decided that her election is invalid because she may not have lived in the city for more than the required 3 months. In other words, she is an alien.

But what evidence do they have?
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Japan
(alien • beautiful • Japan • politics • Saitama • yakuza)

Yakuza Themed Restaurant Operating in Bangkok, Still Not Sure Why Thailand Digs the Yakuza

Master Blaster
Aug 10, 2012

There seems to be something about the yakuza that appeals to the people of Thailand. First, we witnessed a brand of possibly yakuza themed tea: Chakuza. Now we are presented with Yakuzaaa Man Man Japanese Kitchen, which seems to be a hit with local youths and foreigners. You might be thinking from the name that it’s a gay restaurant, but it’s not.

At least I’m pretty sure it’s not…