Kinda funny but also kinda sad. It's typically poor people who join up with organized crime and these laws just make leaving even more difficult. It's like laws preventing addicts from getting clean needles. They don't stop people from becoming addicted in the first place or help them recover when they do.
this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2026
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iirc if youre a japanese and a known member of a yakuza. these are the things you cant do.
get a sim card. if somebody lend you their phone, they can and will be prosecuted
get an insurance.
get a house
get a job
now. these are not only things i rmb the top off my head, there may be more. and these not only affect if youre currently a yakuza member but also extended to ex member.
The article refers to the “opinion of the internet” as “just stop doing crime”
But i really would like to know how they are supposed to do that if they cannot get a job.
I can see sense to put some restrictions in place to stop known criminals from exploiting others but maybe make exceptions for if they accept counseling and support to get out, or give them a governement phone/bank account that transparently sends all data to police.
Never bar people from having a legal job… thats nauseatingly stupid
IIRC if they officially quit the organization and have record of that, it stops being a problem. Doing that, however...
Not sure what kind of record the yakuza would give except your own fingers in a box
What stops a criminal from “officialy quitting” and just being more subtle about it?
It always took me as strange, though strangely charming that Japanese organised crime is.. well so organised that they are clearly labeled and publicly known. Down to having their own segregated baths.
What's one pinky?
Nah, that's just for messing up to a certain degree. Quitting is less of a pnky problem and more of a brain one.
Are we sure these laws weren't made by them to discourage leaving?
Poor person joins a criminal organization because of lack of opportunities.
Government "oh yeah, we are going to limit your opportunities harder."
Basically they have stay in the organization or leave the country.
The article mentions it. Basically, any contract after becoming a member is illegal except certain things like legal representation and medical care.
This is kind of a driving point in Infinite Wealth, and until this I thought it was just fiction for the game.
The Yakuza/Ace Attorney crossover we've all been waiting for.
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