Yakuza

saying kazoo instead of Kazuma. A name however can have a deep root to it that others cannot see. Although it can be a mouthful to some, my name holds deep roots of history under it. Known as the Devil of the Town, my grandfather was also a former Yakuza Leader of a Town in Japan during the reconstruction of the country after World War Two (The biggest Crime syndicate in Japan). When I was born in 1998, he pledged to take care of me without a sense of violence around me and left his position as…

by her father. Rereading it she dropped her head to the table in the little airport cafe. Stupid Mesume, if you would have stayed out of trouble the school would have never called him. But,could you manage that no you had to get involved when the Yakuza started to try and strong arm the girls… you thought you were done with the Sukeban but noo, you get sucked right back in.The light blue haired girl mentally berates herself. Listening to the speakers, she heads to the terminal for boarding.…

Title: The Lone Wolf and Cub Series Year: 1972-1974 Director: Kenji Misumi, Takeichi Saito, Kuroda Yoshiyuki, Robert Houston Cast: Wakayama Tomisaburo, Synopsis: Ogami Itto (Tomisaburo) was formally retained the great title as the Shogun’s executioner. After discovering that his family is brutally slain (except his infant son Daigoro) by the retainers of an abolished clan whose leader Itto executed it’s revealed that this is a double cross lead by the dubious and scheming Yagyu Clan hoping to…

Throughout history different cultures at different times have used different forms of body art to express spirituality, religion, and social views. From once being a stick with ink on it and now advancing to modern day shops with sanitation and regulations, tattoos have evolved since then. Each area, placing a stigma of the art, or using it for the opposite like showing a higher social status. Modern day tattoos make a place for themselves in everyday culture. There are thousands of different…

Freakonomics has no unifying theme, rather it has multiple themes. Although there is no unifying theme in the book, Levitt and Dubner have a recurring theme which states that “economists love incentives…The typical economist believes that the world has not yet invented a problem that he cannot fix if given a free hand to design the proper incentive scheme.” Freakonomics can described as the power of incentives and how one acts upon them. Similar to the definition of freakonomics, economics is…

CIA). These groups can be highly organized and bureaucratic in nature, due to extensive rules and operational procedures, a distinct chain of command, and multiple cells for various tasks. Notable examples include Mexican drug cartels, the Japanese Yakuza, Italian mafia, Russian mobsters, and African counter-political insurgencies.…

The practice of tattooing the human body has become an increasingly prevalent and significant practice in American society in recent decades. Tattoos are increasingly common and socially accepted. Persons from all walks of life are increasingly likely to get a tattoo, along with people from all age groups, races, and genders. This social phenomenon represents a dramatic change in the social and cultural mores of American society. Until approximately thirty years ago, tattoos were not…

The American dream and the tale of the Mafia Problem: How did some of the immigrants live their American dream at the end of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth century? The American dream started with the idea that everybody with his own work, determination and courage could become rich and prosperous. The concept of the American dream appeared in the nineteenth century. It is one of the most important migrations in the history of humanity. Migrants searched on the…

accepting of body art, but only the women had them. It was prohibited from 1872 until the end of World War II, because the emperor feared it would scare away tourists. At the end of the war the only people in Japan with body art were members of the Yakuza (Levy,…

military personnel. Overall, the the neighborhood caters to a younger crowd.Clubs can range from large, multi-level establishments, to smaller one-room clubs located in upper levels of buildings. In more recent times some of the larger venues with known Yakuza connections have closed. Around Roppongi crossing are a number of clubs which feature foreign…