Art of the Yakuza: Japan's Tattooed Men & Women
Art of the Yakuza: Japan's Tattooed Men & Women
Japanese gangsters, or "Yakuza", display colorful tattoos as part of a longstanding underworld tradition. Their wives, mistresses and girlfriends often sport similar body art, often intricately detailed and breathtakingly beautiful. picked by mitzuzake 11 months ago
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 Daughter of the Yakuza
Daughter of the Yakuza
With her dyed-brown long hair and tight designer jeans, Shoko Tendo looks like any other stylish young Japanese woman -- until she removes her shirt to reveal her irezumi-filled back. She is the author of "Yakuza Moon," a best-selling memoir just out in English. picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago
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 Four Japanese crime bosses got liver transplants at UCLA
Four Japanese crime bosses got liver transplants at UCLA
The same surgeon, an internationally known liver transplant expert, performed the procedures on four Japanese "yakuza" organized crime lords. The most prominent transplant recipient, Tadamasa Goto, had been barred from entering the U.S. because of his criminal history until the FBI helped him obtain a visa to receive the transplant. picked by teresag 3 months ago
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