Yakuza are getting old, facing future without a pension or retirement pay japantoday.com

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 5 years, 7 months ago

On Oct 10, in Kobe, Maruyama allegedly shot to death two members of the Yamaken-gumi, Kodo-kai’s rival sub-group within the Yamaguchi-gumi.
Think of old age from a gangster’s point of view, says Shukan Post (Nov 29).
Most corrosive of all is the poison Shukan Post discusses: age.
Up until a generation or two ago, Suzuki explains, rivalries such as that which allegedly led Maruyama to murder would be settled by young gangsters.
The point is, says Shukan Post, it’s probably on the minds of a lot of aging gang members as the yakuza phenomenon fades slowly into twilight.