The latest scandal to surface around “national idol” group AKB48 may be the most damaging yet – it has emerged that the group’s founders apparently enjoyed close relations with the yakuza, leading to the profoundly unsavoury conclusion that the Japanese government has been using public funds to subsidise a yakuza-connected idol group in order to promote Japan’s image overseas…
According to a report just published in Shukan Shincho, the AKB48 founders – Yasushi Akimoto, Yashushi Kubota and Kotaro Shiba – enjoy close ties to Japanese organised crime.
The magazine initiated an investigation after being sued by AKB48’s management for claiming they had yakuza connections, and soon uncovered a decade old photograph affirming their claims – showing Shiba enjoying the company of the wife of a top Yamaguchi syndicate boss at a hotel banquet.
Also identified in the picture was a top racketeer associated with the Goto syndicate (in this case a specialist in the yakuza speciality of threatening to disrupt stockholder meetings unless protection money is paid), along with several other leading members of the Yamaguchi syndicate.
When the magazine confronted him with its findings, Shiba issued a statement in which he admitted attending the party, but claims rather lamely that he “did not associate with the yakuza.”
Online there is surprisingly little surprise at the news that Japan’s biggest idol group and the core of what is left of its recording industry is involved with the nation’s foremost criminal organisation:
“Yakuza48♪”
“This is appalling.”
“They only just realised?”
“Everyone already realised this. But what will they do now it is exposed?”
“So the government has been funnelling our taxes into the the yakuza by funding AKB48.”
“I recall talents with yakuza connections were immediately dropped from TV – so will they do the same with AKB48?”
“AKB48 stinks as much as ever.”
“All you AKB otaku – I hope you enjoy knowing you have been funding the yakuza with all your CD purchases.”
“I think they’ll get away with it.”
“The mass media are just going to completely ignore this as usual.”
“This is weak. They should at least have got a pic of one of these girls in bed with a gangster.”
“It’s amazing to think parents entrust their young daughters to *48 groups like this all over Japan.”
“Our ‘national idols’ were as black as coal all along…”
“Was this group funded by the yakuza all along? Come on cops, do your job.”
“AKB48 really is scary stuff…”
“This is bad. They funded this group in the Cool Japan program, and the US is starting to make an issue of the yakuza.”
“The yaks run our show business industry, the only surprise is that they lasted this long without being exposed.”
“How many of these AKB girls have yakuza lovers, I wonder?”
“What does anyone expect? AKB48 were always basically hostesses, it only follows that they would be backed by the syndicates.”
“Their business model barely differs from prostitution, why would anyone think the pimps weren’t the same people?”
“They cannot get away with having funnelled tax money into this group now they are revealed as yakuza-connected, surely?”
“This is the worst scandal to ever affect them. I cannot believe they will ever get away with this…”
“Pachinko supports NK and AKB supports the yakuza… wonderful.”
“AKB CDs, AKB on TV, AKB CMs, AKB tax subsidy in the ‘Cool Japan’ program – all funding organised crime.”
“The world should take note – this is ‘Cool Japan’!”
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Isn't everything in Japan ran by the Yakuza.
Yup. even the police, are under Yakuza's influence.
Yakuza's been running japan for a long time now.
japs are pussies. There's a reason why yakuza have little to no presence in US or overseas (even in SE asia) and always at best play second fiddle to more powerful organizations.
Besides, 30% and more of yakuza are koreans anyway.
I thought the Yakuza were under police influence -- paying them "protection" money to keep from having their hostess bars & other shady enterprises shut down.
Lol. If a cop go asking for "protection" money, he'll get killed.
The Cops get money from the Yakuza "to look the other way".
If the Yakuza was funding music entertainment industry for years by helping produce AKB group then its going to be a problem for Japan.That would maybe put an end to Japanese Pop girl groups like AKB48.
There are possibility is there are Yakuza supporter or spies among the police. Which is why the Yakuza is everywhere, if the police organization is pure justice, the Yakuza wont be this influential.
They will be organization hiding and more cautious to be busted, not going making porn that open to sales and going to pub and threatening the owner every night..
Government too. Ishihara, etc. Proof: He behaves like yakuza.
He fuckin wish. That's one mouthy bitch and calling him a chicken hawk is an insult to chicken hawks.
Don't be ridiculous anon. How would the Yakuza be under their own influence?
And in the US the banks control everything. "Money talks"
I thought it was corporations. Shit Anon, get it together.
Banks usually are corporations. Try harder.
it's the jews who control everything
Come one, we all know the United States is run by idiots.
DER JUDEN dominate the US. It's G-d's chosen ppl. Look at who controls hollywood, the banks, the politics, the media. Look at any general company, you'll find that 70% of the executives and board of directors are kikes. We goyim are living under the occupation of G-d's chosen ppl.
Around here, it seems half the people here have their own crazy conspiracy theories or agendas poisoning their minds in order to cope with the world they feel is conspiring against them. Sankaku really is a crazy place, lol.
21:03 yeah, you have too much time on your hands anon. Don't you have something to do?
The fuck you smokin
18:41
Yes. Just look at all the loser asians and yellow monkeys bitching and moaning all the time here. They really are pathetic if they have so much time to spend online/
Always bitch about US when you get pricked in the soft spot.
You = Bitch.
How ironic.
It's not really 'bitching' if it's true. We really -are- run by a bunch of banks & corporations
18:12 neildegrasstyson.jpg
03:11 LOL you wish. This is what cunts tell themselves when US couldn't give a two penny fuck about their feelings.
I thought it was run by moe...
The Yakuza are the epitome of moe
Even Pocky is distributed by the yakuza and we are forced to eat that awful thing.
Who's forcing you? The girls from Lucky Star?
No. The Yakuza aren't well-organized like the American Mafia (except in the movies). They're small gangs of racketeers, but have their fingers in a lot of pies.
you mean cake? delicious cake
No such thing as yakusa nowadays. this ppl retarded?
so this 12 year old was licking my asshole and stops to tell me to wax my ass because she got a hair in her mouth so i slapped her and she didn't say anything after that
Good work, pedophile.
oh wait... you like pedophiles more ... they are your costumers... how could i miss that point.
why is it good work if i am pissed off?
02:59 does he own a store or sumthing
maybe he is confused about the off and on.
maybe he doesnt know what "owning" means as a gamer.... this "rude ownings" are very different from the "ownings" he is used to.
YKZ48
LOL @ all those japs who got their precious 'idols' NTR'd by Yakuza.
what the fuck is NTR
Netorare i.e in other words Cuckolding
Theres no way my local mafia made an idol group
Toaru Yakuza no Idol
there is no way my local mafia can be this cute
FUND IT!!!
Great Teacher Yakuza :P
umm why hasn't anyone thought of that one? XD
I want an Idol Group Yakuza anime. Or even just a group of girls who are Yakuza anime.
"My idols can't be this criminal"
-or-
"My idols can't be this illegal"
-or-
"My idols can't be this gangster"
--this might be a more fun way to put it.
Yay!
Why has no one said AKB893?
whats AKB48 - 1?
AK47
:P
lol
Close enough? http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li10rzJuhb1qhgojso1_500.jpg
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