The yakuza continue to make gestures toward their claim to be community protection organizations -- that's supposedly the whole point of the protection racket parts of their business.
(After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, in many neighborhoods, the local yakuza groups got relief efforts going before the government could.)
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(After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, in many neighborhoods, the local yakuza groups got relief efforts going before the government could.)
---L.
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Ha ha ha ha.
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