Let's just say that Yakuza are basically a legalized criminal organization and that they've been doing dirty work for the ruling LDP party for more than 50 years.
Can you enlighten us with some sources on this (preferably books/documentaries)?
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Landon Foster
It's almost like absence of multiculturalism, and strong familial tradition that puts focus on education/work ethic leads to high trust, and industrious societies, but that would be what this board considers boot-strapping so NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH
Kayden Thomas
This. Institutions in Japan rely heavily on meeting hierarchy's demands for results and maintaining reputation at all costs. That's why schools infamously tend to under-report or straight up conceal serious cases of bullying for instance, because that would hurt that school's public image in what is already a fiercely competitive system.
For the anecdote: The Ace Attorney series of video games was originally written as a satirical take on the Japanese court system's inquisitorial system which makes it very hard to be successfully cleared of all charges if you ever are put on trial.
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Cameron Thomas
Of course they exist, I can think of a dozen batshit insane cases of the top of my head as well. But statistics, for all they're worth, tell us that they simply do not happen on the same frequency as they do in the US or even Europe.
Levi Foster
because the police and the yakuza have a peace agreement, and they work together to control crime
it's actually fucking dystopian
Chase Phillips
Truly a utopian society!
Leo Thomas
Japan was ethnically homogeneous in 1960 too and that didn't stop them from having a 2.8 homicide rate — much higher than in current-day "multicultural" Europe.
Surely you mean "success" and "deference", which is why the Japanese labor force is so overworked, exploited, spineless and powerless even by neo-liberal standards.
It's so "high trust" that each year thousands of people would rather kill themselves than keep up with the social pressure associated with Japanese society.
Jack Taylor
It's not easy to compare different countries because you can't isolate all factors so compairing changing policy within the same country tells you more certain info.
I recall hearing they fake crime stats in order to make people feel safe. This also includes framing or coerced confessions of innocent people just to have someone to lock up.
Brody Martin
The Yakuza have helped the Japanese state immeasurably by busting the unions and destroying any sign of labor movement in Japan, both pre-WW2 and after. Under American control they truly became a branch of the LDP. They do all types of illegal shit under legal measures, drug trafficking, money laundering, etc. They're very open about themselves in public, there are legit businesses in Japan known for their Yakuza ownership. No one bats and eye because the state (LDP is a state) and Yakuza cooperate.
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