Registered: Feb 2004
Location: south afrika
Posts: 16796

...it is not easy being yakuza. They have had to constantly reinvent themselves to secure new sources of income. They also have a lifestyle that involves heavy boozing and tattooing, both of which take their toll in liver-related ailments. Apparently yubitsume (ritual act of cutting off the little finger at the joint) is much less practiced, but other signs are not as encouraging.

id imagine that this article would interest some people here..care to shed some comments/ thoughts?

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Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Just to the right of the moon
Posts: 3141

There was a childrens cartoon character in the UK called Postman Pat. The programme was sold to Japanese TV but had to be withdrawn after the children started shitting bricks. Because Postman Pat only had the usual 4-digit hands, children thought he was a member of the Yakuza


Postman Pat, Postman Pat, Postman Pat and his black and white prostitutes, drugs and protection racket.

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