First of all i will start with the history of the Yakuza, why and how they developed and try to find here possible parallels of a influences on the modern society. In doing so i will take a look at parts of the sex industry, daily and business life, as well as in other areas like random smaller criminals as for example japanese biker gangs called Bosozoku and even normal teenagers next door. Order custom essay Japanese Society Yakuza In this report, i will examine, what kind of influence the Yakuza have on the Japanese society. However there seems to be a big influence by the Yakuza on Japanese society. But of course like every other Mafia, they control popular, semi-legal or illegal businesses like prostitution, drugs, protection racket and gambling. It is quite easy to recognize them, because they stick out as buffed, tattooed (sometimes you can see that it is protrude from the shirt), wearing sunglasses (even at night) and having expensive cars. 41) Sometimes i see them when i go shopping or to the Kobe’s Mosque, because the headquarter of a gumi is around this area and I as well as other japanese people got used to them. They acutally control a large part of Japan and other countries.
In the city i live – Kobe – is the headquarterof the Yamaguchi - gang (?), the largest Yakuza group with over 20000 members. But the Yakuza, the japanese Mafia is famous all over the world with Kobe and Osaka having the highest crime rate in Japan.Įspecially in movies, the Yakuza are shown as the japanese equivalent to the italian Mafia, but in personal interviews with my former hostmother and other japanese colleagues Yakuza were often played down and even portrayed as nice and helpful. (United Nations, 2000) Nevertheless japanese families, in our case homestay families, are all the time in my view exageratedly concerned about safety, wherefore you could think, that this is just useless talk. 177 per 1,000 people got Japan #34 in a world crime ranking, while Dominica rates #1, United Kingdom #6, USA # 8 and Germany #11. It is said quite often that Japan is one of the safest countries in the world, what I comparing to Germany or other countries can confirm from my own experiences.
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