An acquaintance of mine has worked with a tv team shooting a documentary about the yakuzas. What came out of this is that the yakuzas do recruit among all kinds of people nowadays. To a larger extent, a lot of people do work for the yakuzas without even knowing that it is so. read more
Then there are foreigners who come to work in Japan and, like some have already mentioned, end up unknowingly working in a business that is actually held by the Yakuza. read more
On average, there's no real danger to any foreigners dealing with the yakuza in Japan, unless you bring on the problems yourself. Some people bring trouble no matter where they go. Some people bring smiles wherever they go. read more
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