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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just like in Yakuza 5. ;)
AKB suddenly got a whole lot more badass.
Why? Their popularity is due to having fans with very very deep pockets, not Yakuza. If anything they probably did not expect to get this kind of following when they started it up.
It's not surprising, but its no longer amusing. The yakuza controls so much that true quality talent with people who can really sing or act like those from the 80s and 90s are gone. One reason the tax money that should be used for properly training these girls is just thrown to organized crime and corrupt government officials. Sad isn't it?
How about Johnny's Entertainment? They seem pretty clean to me. Arashi, Hey!Say!Jump! and TOKIO.
FINALLY! old news, but still!
wait , akb is known oversea ?
They are the only idol group talking about... Just kidding, they all suck, but AKB is the most amusing it seems.
the only thing that sucks is your face.
Only on this website.
Why precious 2d girls are better than 3d whores reason #5628
2D girls don't use national money to fund the yakuza.
2d vs 3d Scoresheet:
2d girls - 5628
3d girls - 1
I do wonder, what was the "1" point awarded for
How could you ask such a silly question. Aya Hirano is The One.
Man, you should upload the detailed list to drive or something.
I want to read it!! NO, I NEED TO READ IT!
Ah you're right, I should do that. Well just a few are listed here if you'd like to take a read: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/forums/topic.php?id=12903
Of course because of a woman the thread was locked but yet another reason.
Anyone would have closed your pathetic thread regardless of gender
@anon1955 Umadbro? lol
truth hurts don't it. Thanks for reading.
doesn't look like anyone was taking your post seriously anyways... can't blame 'em
07:31 yeah because they know all the mods are bitter lesbian angry women and what would happen. And the majority of the posters were women. And asking women to think logically and be objective is hopeless especially against a topic they would prefer to be kept secret.
But some did try to take it seriously and post useful women. Which didn't last very long lol. Sankaku is not a place to find smart people anyway.
how about we post useless men
ill start: Taylor
@09:38 - lol, it's as if you think anyone disagreeing with you is automatically a woman
1410 well when I click their names their profile says female sooo....
I knows males disagree with me too with the hopes of being rewarded with internet sex.
Maybe that's why the cops don't hesitate, procrastinate or wait at all when it comes to hentai anime and manga studios and publications, while real life porn scene is virtually left untouched.
too bad 2d doesn't count for anything since its essentially masturbation
too bad marriage doesn't count for anything since its essentially masturbation
you're always trying to push your own agenda, aren't you? lol
what does marriage even have to do with this?
this is just unintelligible defense of being an incel
Do I have to explain even my simple posts? Wow. Education aint what it used to be.
Ok anon the first anon made the point that 2d don't account for anything other than masturbation. Then I drew the parallel point that in marriages its commonly recognized that after a short while the girl loses interest in sex and is too tired for sex thus this end with the man having to resort to masturbation. Do you understand now little boy? You see the end game in both situations is the same so thats what marriage has to do with this okay? What I did is called comparing and contrast. Now please ask your parents about checking you into a special school so you don't have to ask obvious retarded questions and waste everyones time on the internet. Thank you :>
so basically he has a list of 5628 reasons to jerk off? lol
theres more to 2d than faps
You're applying one hopeless scenario/outcome to 100% of situations. You're talking like you were taught by a bunch of standup comics which you actually took completely seriously. How the hell can anyone bother to talk with you? You're the furthest thing from an open mind.
Masturbtion is not without it's problems. That's something that won't last forever either. People get old, man.
Why 3D girls are better than 2D girls reason #1:
You can't have sex with a 2D girl.
That could be argued. Technology is advancing.
At any rate, theres more to life and relationships than sex.
Having a wife or girlfriend to have sex with is expensive and you have to kiss her ass and bend over backwards to get it, you wont get it whenever you want, overtime you'll get it less and less especially if you marry her then ull only have ur birthday to look forward to, it gets boring after a while, she'll get bored with ur thing after a while and what a different one, sex with 3d girls produces children dont get me started on all the trouble there, technically you can achieve better orgasms by yourself than with a girl, did I mention girls are expensive, they never pay for their own crap and carry their own weight, 3d girls personalities are the shittiest thing in human creation, men are obsessed with sex before it happens and then really only interested in it for a half hour after it begins is all this trouble worth a half hour? then they get bored with the girl and after cumming are full of regrets of being with her. after a while sex with a 3d girl gets so bad you may as well buy one of those realistic dolls because its pretty much the same thing. Get one of those toys u plug into the computer and put ur thing in and you can have sex with a quality 2d girl.
Men if you overcome the *idea* of women and sex you will be enlightened and realize most of the obsession with them is all in your head and influenced by their whorey ways and the way the world presents them. The reality is NEVER as good as the dream you imagine. Switch to 2D girls and you'll start paying more attention to the quality things about women like quality personalities, their self respect, wholesome attitude and behavior, while the girls in your real life are focused on what top dresses up their breasts the best. Watch how after youve cleansed your mind from the trap of 3d women and your not obsessed with the thought of obtaining one and with sex how much smarter you'll become. How life will be much more clear bright and understandable. Your decision making will improve. You'll have more money. You won't be so easily trapped by breasts and find your life in situations full of regrets. Women were created to aid man in this enlightenment but they have failed and fallen and have become nothing but useless whores who drive a man down and distract him and make the world a worse place. Just look at all the pornographic filth out there featuring millions of woman, and the millions of others who just leech of men or cheat. Give up on this fallen creation, they need to learn how to help themselves and be productive contributing members of society. Besides just offering their bodies. Because men have been willing to worship them and do everything for them for the promise of sex weve been blinded (and dont even realize anymore sex is not even really all that great and worth changing your whole life to obtain,) instead of helping men realize tits and ass is not the height of our existence they have of course instead decided to capitalize on our blindness and live their lives in a way where they can do the least amount of work to get the most amount of profit and if they are attractive enough and keep their body in shape regardless of how shit their personality is, how useless talentless and unskillful they are, they can be as uneducated and lazy as they want because as long as they look good there will be men who say things like "Why 3D girls are better than 2D girls reason #1:You can't have sex with a 2D girl." and they win knowing they will always be able to grab and leech on to one of our men who may have went on to cure cancer but instead got trapped by the wiles of a woman. If a woman is beautiful (and even if shes not but has enough loser guys around) her life then becomes not about falling in love with the right person for her, but instead any whichever guy that offers the best life situation for her. Women even admit this amongst themselves. Since you are here you like Japanese girls right? Look up the japanese 3H's. High height, high education, high income. Thats what important to them. And the education only has to be high because it equals more money, theyre not actually interested in how smart you are because they would be too dumb to keep up with you in intellectual conversations anyway.
Best advice you'll ever read: Women are opportunists. Never forget that.
lol if that technology never comes in your lifetime... sure, the technology we foresee always comes eventually, but never as soon as we expect it
Haven't you heard? If you buy pirated 2D girls, you are funding organized crime!
I don't think he'd care.
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".
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..
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.
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"
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
03:11 LOL you wish. This is what cunts tell themselves when US couldn't give a two penny fuck about their feelings.
18:12 neildegrasstyson.jpg
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.
The fuck you smokin
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.
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/
21:03 yeah, you have too much time on your hands anon. Don't you have something to do?
I thought it was run by moe...
The Yakuza are the epitome of moe
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?
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?
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.
why is it good work if i am pissed off?
oh wait... you like pedophiles more ... they are your costumers... how could i miss that point.
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.