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Art_from_Ark

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2. Around here they are not held in very high regard
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 12:33 AM
Jul 2013

In fact, there are various signs in local towns and neighborhoods proclaiming themselves to be "yakuza-free" or announcing some campaign to get rid of "boryokudan" ("violent gangs", the official reference to yakuza). There is also a nationwide organization dedicated to the elimination of boryokudan.

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