Gang war on the horizon?

[Coligny]

I think it's Renault-Autovaz-Lada now...

Bettur ask Cyka...

[yanpa]

Meet the woman who makes fake fingers for Japan's reformed gangsters

Yukako Fukushima crafts lifelike pinkies to help yakuza criminals who severed fingers as a mark of contrition begin a new life


When Yukako Fukushima holds the finger to the light, there is a brief moment when it is indistinguishable from her own, real, dig
Nothing about it screams fake. To the untrained eye, it is flawless.

Soon it will be ready for collection by its new owner, one of hundreds of hardened gangsters who have sliced off their pinkies in a ritual show of contrition, and who owe their exit from the underworld and return to mainstream society to Fukushima’s prosthetics.

...more...

[legion]

The lady who gave the yakuza the finger and they said thank you ma'am

[Cyka UchuuJin]

I think it's Renault-Autovaz-Lada now...

Bettur ask Cyka...

Whuuuuut? Why ask me???

[Coligny]

My near non existent russian is quite rusty...

[wagyl]

I think it's Renault-Autovaz-Lada now...

Bettur ask Cyka...

Whuuuuut? Why ask me???

Because that only gives him a semi-chubb. Asking Putin would be too hard.

As a Russian, you know all about the ownership holdings, both upstream and downstream, of every company in Russia, whereas he, as a Frenchman, does not know the same about the one French company he has promoted extensively as his obsession here.

[Grumpy Gramps]

In March 2008, Renault purchased a 25% stake in AvtoVAZ in a US$1 billion deal.[4] This was expected to result in new Lada models on existing Russian assembly lines. The remaining 75% of AvtoVAZ continued to be owned by the Russian state-owned Rostekhnologia Corporation. On 12 December 2012, the Renault–Nissan Alliance formed a joint venture with Rostekhnologia (Alliance Rostec Auto BV) with the aim of becoming the long-term controlling shareholder of AvtoVAZ.[5] The takeover was completed in June 2014, and the two companies of the Renault-Nissan Alliance took a combined 67.1% stake of Alliance Rostec, which in turn acquired a 74.5% of AvtoVAZ, thereby giving Renault and Nissan indirect control over the Russian manufacturer.[6] Lada is now part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, the world's fourth-largest automobile manufacturer by sales revenue (after Toyota, Volkswagen Group and General Motors).[7] In spite of a flood of Western models into the Russian market in recent years, Lada has maintained its dominant market share.

Source...

Not that I knew any Russian beyond Где туалет, just in case, though

[Coligny]

Yay !!!

[Grumpy Gramps]

Yep, and watching Russian dashcam videos, the Ladas always come out on top. They might be a little rusty or lose a wheel now and then, but when it comes to collisions, the Asian/European/American cars are always a case of total loss by crumple-zone, while the Ladas just need a little wire, duct tape and tlc and then will happily drive you home, if you're still alive.

If I was Don Yakuza I'd seriously consider running a fleet of Ladas.

[kurogane]

The lady who gave the yakuza the finger and they said thank you ma'am

[Samurai_Jerk]

Senior yakuza gunned down in Okayama parking lot

Police in the city of Okayama were on alert Wednesday after the deadly shooting of a senior member of a branch of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate.

Okayama Prefectural Police said Tadashi Takagi, 55, of the gang’s Ikeda-gumi faction, was found dead at 9:50 a.m. on Tuesday.

He was lying face down in the parking lot of the apartment building where he lived with his family.

There were gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen. He was rushed to a hospital and later pronounced dead.

Local residents reported hearing three shots. A passer-by called an ambulance.

A male suspect reportedly fled the scene on a motor scooter. No gun was found.

The police believe the case is linked to an ongoing power struggle between the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate — the nation’s largest yakuza group — and the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi splinter group, which broke away last August.

The Ikeda-gumi recently affiliated with Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi and has been under heightened police observation. It is headquartered in Okayama’s Kita Ward, where Takagi’s apartment is located.

[matsuki]

With all the cameras around nowadays, and the recent successful apprehension of the murder rapist in Oki, I find it hard to believe the gunner got away without being captured on video....

[legion]

With all the cameras around nowadays, and the recent successful apprehension of the murder rapist in Oki, I find it hard to believe the gunner got away without being captured on video....

Cover the plates and keep the helmet on

Nothing is faster than a fat man on a scooter

[Takechanpoo]

from 3:45, protection fee(みかじめ料) by kodo-kai(弘道会, central core faction of yamaguchi-gumi)
ラウンジ 30000, キャバクラ 50000, スナック 20000 yen per month.

[Takechanpoo]

in Kudo-kai, which is kyushu-based and said to be most ruthless yakuza, there is a caucasian looking guy(from around 0:18 and 3:55).

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he seems to be 山中政吉(yamanaka masakichi) who is one of the executives.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

What is your fascination with Caucasian men?

[Coligny]

What is your fascination with Caucasian men?

I think it's called "th3 gay"

[Takechanpoo]

generally and traditionally socially unfit guys become yakuza. and probably hes a caucasian hafu which is one of socially unfit racial categories here in japan.

[Coligny]

generally and traditionally socially unfit guys become yakuza. and probably hes a caucasian hafu which is one of socially unfit racial categories here in japan.

Wrong, that would make 90% of the japs turning yakuzaz instead of lemmings

[Takechanpoo]

the boss of kobe yamaguchi-gumi moved to the ex-house of 5th boss of yamaguchi-gumi
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7250544 ... 56!6m1!1e1

http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/shakai/20 ... 4850.shtml

[matsuki]

...and Japan has finally discovered other uses for the Haribo Gumi

[Takechanpoo]

the oyabuns of "big 3" organizatioins together at a lunch meeting in yokohama city

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https://twitter.com/narehateta/status/7 ... 3782224896
from left, inagawa-kai, sumiyosi-kai, yamaguchi-gumi

[Coligny]

In another reality...