Yakuza: Japan’s Underground Society in 21st Century
Volume 5, Issue 2, 2024, pp. 25-66
ABSTRACT: This article mainly introduces Japan’s organized crime situation in 21st century, based on statistics, it analyzes how Japan’s organized crime function in a special mechanism. It also discusses about the characteristics of crime organization in Japan, and how Japan’s deterrence policy works for this social problem. In the end this article gives a hypothesis of social model of essentiality of organized crime in Japan.