Sources

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Ep182 Yakuza Crimes Sources:

Lucy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuza

https://www.britannica.com/topic/yakuza

https://allthatsinteresting.com/yakuza-history

https://www.occrp.org/en/coronavirus/japanese-gangs-vie-for-power-amid-pandemic

https://people.howstuffworks.com/yakuza.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dkaiya

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaguchi-gumi

https://yakuza-mob-roleplay.fandom.com/wiki/Jingi:_The_Yakuza_Code_of_Ethics#:~:text=The%20Yakuza%20Code%20of%20Ethics%20prohibits%20anything%20that%20may%20be,their%20own%20form%20of%20justice.

 

Kenyon:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/05/how-yakuza-and-japans-nuclear-industry-learned-love-each-other/327691/

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/its-not-easy-being-yakuza-boss/323080/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumiyoshi-kai

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/12/yakuza-and-nuclear-mafia-nationalization-looms-tepco/333697/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami 

https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/fukushima-daiichi-accident.aspx

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2013/12/30/yakuza-gangsters-recruit-homeless-men-for-fukushima-nuclear-clean-up/#1857461238b6

https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/how-the-japanese-mafia-is-making-millions-from-the-fukushima-cleanup

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/06/tepco-will-someone-turn-lights/352260/

https://www.counterpunch.org/2012/09/04/nuclear-mafia-derails-democracy-in-japan/

In 2011, Tomohiko Suzuki wrote about this topic in his book: Yakuza and Nuclear Energy: Diary of An Undercover Reporter Working at the Fukushima Plant.

 

Amanda:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juzo_Itami#Director

https://www.filmedinether.com/features/juzo-itami-vs-the-yakuza/

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/30/weekinreview/conversations-juzo-itami-director-boasts-his-scars-says-he-right-about-japan-s.html

https://insidemystery.com/true-crime/the-yakuzas-forced-suicide-of-juzo-itami

https://cpj.org/2010/10/the-high-price-of-writing-about-the-japanese-mafia/