Is it illegal to be in the yakuza?
Is it illegal to be in the yakuza? Yakuza membership is still not outright illegal. Unlike other mafia bosses, such as Mexican drug lords, Yakuza bosses are not fugitives of the law. Although the Anti-Boryokudan Law “constrains and obstructs the yakuza, it does not ban them altogether” (Rankin). Yakuza membership is still not outright illegal. […]