Japan's UNDERWORLD Connection: The Middleman Between YAKUZA and POLITICS
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
- Once a prisoner of war, Kodama Yoshio managed a meteoric rise to become the most powerful man in Japan. On his way to the top, he would team up with many influential figures, including the leaders of Yakuza clans, Japan's Mafia equivalent. Kodama went on to steer Japanese politics into a direction that the country still finds itself in to this day, with the creation of the LDP. He seemed untouchable, until a scandal damaged his reputation...
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - The Early Years
05:43 - Money, Politics and the Yakuza
09:15 - Kuromaku
15:12 - The Anpo Protests
20:04 - The Most Powerful Man In Japan
Fun Fact: The ANIKI you hear in this video was slightly annoyed! 🥲 When recording the voiceover for this video, I spoke into the microphone for a good 40 minutes, thinking i am recording the greatest voiceover of all time. Then, I noticed that I didn’t hit the record button. Whoops! 🙃
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I'm so glad I stumbled across your channel yesterday! I'm a huge fan of history with a deep interest in criminal organizations too.
Really looking forward to next episodes! Thank you so much for these!
We share a common interest then, it seems. Appreciate you taking your time to watch my content!
I don’t think „Youth Ideology Study Association“ sounds harmless in any way.
Another great video. Found this channel by chance as a RUclips recommendation, I'm really glad I did, as I love everything Japan. The production value is amazing. This channel deserves more subscribers.
Glad that the algorithm gods of RUclips put me into your recommendations! Thank you for watching, this channel is growing at a healthy pace thanks to people like you 🙏🏻
Thank you for this informative video.
Just starting the video and I am already intrigued, well done :)
Thanks for watching! Appreciate it 😁
Great work man! I'm really enjoying your content.
Thank you and thanks for tuning in 🙏🏻
Many English-language sources, including wikipedia, refer to Yoshio Kodama as a yakuza, but Kodama is not a yakuza.
Hello and greetings from Germany!
I found your channel by chance a couple of days ago and immediately subscribed, as I'm a huge fan of the Yakuza/Like A Dragon series and to watch well researched videos about the real life organizations and their ties into politics and other aspects of life is really fascinating to learn about!
I also researched some of the cults in this country, especially Aum Shinrikyo since they are a very infamous one and was shocked how many ties they had in the military and also some Government branches.
So this is especially interesting to see!
Keep up the good work, I'll share this channel with some of my friends in the future who love those kinds of documentaries as well!
Have a very nice day!
Aus genau demselben Grund (Like A Dragon) hab ich angefangen das Thema genauer zu recherchieren! Danke für den positiven Kommentar und danke fürs Teilen! Grüße aus Österreich 🇦🇹😁
@@anikihistory Dankeschön für die Antwort!
Ich wusste noch gar nicht, dass der Kanal von einem guten Nachbarn ist!😊
Na da werden sich einige meiner Freunde aber auch sehr freuen, wenn sie Fragen stellen können oder einfach ein paar nette Worte da lassen können.
Da habe ich wohl eine kleine Goldgrube gefunden!😁
Schöne Grüße zurück aus Berlin!
@@anikihistory Jetzt macht auch die Wahl der Hintergrundmusik Sinn ;)
please dont stop making these dude ur filing such an amazing niche
I won't stop until i run out of stuff to cover, which is hopefully never 🙏🏻
@@anikihistory than ill keep up the likes and comments :)
Very fascinating story. I appreciate the use of a Ghost In The Shell (1995) soundtrack.
Good ear! My all-time favorite movie 🙏🏻
@@anikihistory It’s a classic
Enjoyed
Another good vid!
Could you look into how many Prime Ministers have had Body Art/YaKuZa affiliation..?
(I hear that most PM's were YaKuZa)
Thank you!
I'll look into it in the future, i think that will be a pretty long list of Prime Ministers 😁
@@anikihistory for further Tattoo/horimono/Irezumi videos... Could you maybe look into whether YaKuZa families have their own "brand", say a Northern Family uses the Koi as its motiff, or a Southern Family uses a Hannya Noh Mask as it's motiff...
Could be interesting.
I know that guys like HoriYoshi3 decides on what tattoo you have. You can't just walk in and say "I want a dragon on my back", so there is at some level, even just the Tattoo Family, get to decide your tattoo.
HoriYoshi3 will have tattoo apprentices in prisons to finish his works whilst people are sent away...
Wow, sehr interessanter und beeindruckender Content. Ich bin Deutschkloreaner. Diese Videos sind sehr interessant. Für den Look von Yoshi haben die Chinesen einen Begriff von dicke Lippen und gedrungener Blick. So ähnlich sehe ich auch aus. LOL war aber echt ein brutal mächtiger Typ. Gruss aus München
Very interesting, and handled very well. Thank you for sharing your work.
Very Informative. Your excellent pronunciation of Japanese indicates that You are capable to understand/read that language. But what are the sources, or books, that You are referring to (besides the obvious Wikipedias with do not say much)? As this part of Japanese history is too often kept "nicely hidden" behind Jidaigeki, Mangas and Animes series ...
Thanks for your comment! Actually 95% of my information is based on a book called "Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld" by David E. Kaplan, i highlx recommend it! Actually, i should give a shoutout to that book in my next video 🤔
You and forgotten streets should colabs
What music were you using at the beginning? The one with shamisen?
Can you do specific clans and then transition into a modern look at Japan gang culture like the diamond gang and the western gangs. Also gangs in remote areas
One of my next few videos will be about the Yamaguchi-gumi and Inagawa-kai, i'll definitely do profiles on specific clans more often before i transition into modern times 😁
Love your videos so far man. I’m sure you’ve read Tokyo Underworld by Robert Whiting? If not I definitely recommend. That’s where I learned of Nick Zapetti. I heard long ago that there was triumvirate of the Yakuza, the government, and corporations but I never understood the connections. I’ve lived in Japan for 7 years and no one ever mentions Kodama. It’s almost as if the government doesn’t want this stuff talked about…nah, can’t be. I’ll just keep paying NHK fees and not think 😂
Absolutely! That's the book i used for my latest video, super fascinating stuff in there for sure 🔥
Haha yeah I feel like the Japanese would rather not talk too much about negative stories regarding their past, Kodama being a perfect example. Never heard about the guy either before doing my research!
@@anikihistory might also check out “Where is the Justice?” by Hiromasa Ezoe (more about corporate corruption) and “Imperial Conspiracy” by David Bergamini, though the latter is a bit dry.
Is that a song from Ghost in the Shell (1995) I hear?
That's some sharp ears you got there, you are correct! Easily my all-time favorite movie 😁
@@anikihistory same! I love all things ghost in the shell. It's a pretty important song at an important scene in the movie, in my opinion.
ghost in the shell movie background music??...
That's right! My fav movie 🔥
I hope to one day have enough prestige so that my resignation would be the only way to quell nationwide protests lmao
His story is known in some leftist circles, Marxists in particular but Aniki-sama dug really deep into his story, the most thorough take I've ever seen Aniki must have asked the Oyabun for the whole story :P
Imagine if these guys were still available for interviews 👀
@@anikihistory rich people (100+) live forever and they were Asian (add another 100) on top of that, they should still be around lol
Do non-leftists not talk about the kuromaku like Kodama and Sasakawa? I had never heard of them in the West until I started looking into the Moon-Sasakawa-Kishi alliance, but I figured it might be better known in Japan
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yoshio kodama God father of God Father in japan
i always ask myself: "WHY GOOD GUYS CANNOT RUN THE HISTORY, WHY IT NEED TO BE THE OPPOSITE WAY...2