Yakuza, Organized Relief Syndicate ~ Japan Earthquake 2011
By: Charz
Tags: 2011 Japan Earthquake, Anti-Communism, Giri, Gokusen, Inagawa-kai, Kozueko Morimoto, Kumiko Yamaguchi, LDP, Liberal Democrat Party, Ninkyo-dantai, Ninkyo-do, Ooedo Clan, Philanthropy, Shirokin Gakuen, Tohoku, Yakusa Humanitarian Efforts, Yakuza, Yamaguchi-gumi, Yankumi, Yoshio Kodama, Yukie Nakama
Category: 2011 Japan Earthquake, Codex
2009 Anti-drug campaign with Yankumi before Gokusen movie release
2011 Earthquake Yakusa Humanitarian Efforts
Hours after the first shock waves hit, two of the largest crime groups went into action, opening their offices to those stranded in Tokyo, and shipping food, water, and blankets to the devastated areas in two-ton trucks and whatever vehicles they could get moving. The day after the earthquake the Inagawa-kai (the third largest organized crime group in Japan which was founded in 1948) sent twenty-five four-ton trucks filled with paper diapers, instant ramen, batteries, flashlights, drinks, and the essentials of daily life to the Tohoku region.
Yakusa, Saviors of Post-War Democracy
In Japan since the post-war period they have always played a role in keeping the peace. According to Robert Whiting’s Tokyo Underworld and Tim Weiner’s Legacy of Ashes, the US government even bought the services of one infamous yakuza fixer, Yoshio Kodama, to keep Japan from going communist and maintain order. Kodama would later put up the funding to create the Liberal Democrat Party of Japan that ruled the country for over fifty years.
Yakuza to the Rescue, The Daily Beast, March 18, 2011
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