Mafias and the state -- Yakuza evolution -- The modern Yakuza -- structure and organisation -- Shinogi -- sources of income -- The Bōtaihō -- Heisei Yakuza: burst bubble and Bōtaihō -- Yakuza, law and the state
Summary
The Japanese mafia - known collectively as yakuza - has had an extensive influence on Japanese society over the past 50 years. Based on extensive interviews with criminals, police officers lawyers, journalists and academics, this is an analysis in English of Japan's criminal syndicates
