Comments on: The one statistic I never understand http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/02/10/the-one-statistic-i-never-understand/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:20:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Janne http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/02/10/the-one-statistic-i-never-understand/#comment-341 Janne Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:54:38 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/02/10/the-one-statistic-i-never-understand/#comment-341 Well, Yakuza isn't illegal in Japan. I mean, the organizations themselves, and being a member is legal. And it's all organized like a multi-level marketing scheme, where the big gangs (yamaguchi-gumi) has sub-gangs as members, by virtue of the sub-gang leader becoming a member; they in turn have sub-gangs... until the bottom feeder wannabes at the bottom that actually do most of the illegal activity. Yamaguchi-gumi is five levels deep, I heard, not counting the wannabes. So yes, since they are organizations I expect they do file tax reports (not entirely truthful of course) and have various info available on their structure. And being a Yakuza isn't apparently a stigma the way we'd think it is. They have denounced their own families to be taken in by their new one, and many seem to want to flaunt it. Counting them is probably not all that difficult. It's only recently, after a police murder some fifteen? years ago that the perception really has begun to change. Well, Yakuza isn’t illegal in Japan. I mean, the organizations themselves, and being a member is legal. And it’s all organized like a multi-level marketing scheme, where the big gangs (yamaguchi-gumi) has sub-gangs as members, by virtue of the sub-gang leader becoming a member; they in turn have sub-gangs… until the bottom feeder wannabes at the bottom that actually do most of the illegal activity. Yamaguchi-gumi is five levels deep, I heard, not counting the wannabes.

So yes, since they are organizations I expect they do file tax reports (not entirely truthful of course) and have various info available on their structure. And being a Yakuza isn’t apparently a stigma the way we’d think it is. They have denounced their own families to be taken in by their new one, and many seem to want to flaunt it. Counting them is probably not all that difficult. It’s only recently, after a police murder some fifteen? years ago that the perception really has begun to change.

]]> By: mirai http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/02/10/the-one-statistic-i-never-understand/#comment-201 mirai Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:51:15 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/02/10/the-one-statistic-i-never-understand/#comment-201 Oh! I guess I did not read your last sentence ~~~~! haha ~ Oh! I guess I did not read your last sentence ~~~~! haha ~

]]> By: Ken Y-N (Seron) http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/02/10/the-one-statistic-i-never-understand/#comment-195 Ken Y-N (Seron) Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:41:53 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/02/10/the-one-statistic-i-never-understand/#comment-195 mirai, sorry to disappoint you, but that graph is ウソつき! I just made it up. The "I like hospital food" is from a slang expression, "Do you like hospital food?", which people say when they are trying to start a fight, or at least threaten people. mirai, sorry to disappoint you, but that graph is ウソつき! I just made it up. The “I like hospital food” is from a slang expression, “Do you like hospital food?”, which people say when they are trying to start a fight, or at least threaten people.

]]> By: mirai http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/02/10/the-one-statistic-i-never-understand/#comment-193 mirai Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:31:59 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/02/10/the-one-statistic-i-never-understand/#comment-193 Hello Ken san! Well, I cannot believe the result about Yakuza. I checked the meaning of " Terrific " once again. really? ,,hmm. I am always surprised at your great research ! How do you find that? Thanks. mirai Hello Ken san!
Well, I cannot believe the result about Yakuza. I checked the meaning of ” Terrific ” once again.
really? ,,hmm. I am always surprised at your great research ! How do you find that? Thanks. mirai

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