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Ramen~ Japanese soul food and its wonderful world~
A while ago, Ramen hardly came up in foreigners’ conversation about Japanese food. People knew about sushi, sashimi, takoyaki, okonomiyaki and even Japanese instant noodles, but not ramen. Except for cities with large Japanese population, it wasn’t a easy job … Continue reading
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Tagged food, fukuoka, Japan, japanese cuisine, japanese food, noodle, ramen, soysauce, tantanmen, Tokyo, tonkotsu
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ヤクザの分割 Japan’s Gangsters Find Extortion No Longer Pays, Forcing Yakuza Split
The Yamaguchi-gumi was founded in Kobe in 1915 by Harukichi Yamaguchi as an association of dockworkers. The man credited with building the Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan’s largest yakuza syndicate was Kazuo Taoka, the charismatic third don dubbed ‘the bear’ for clawing his opponent’s eyes during … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime Syndicate, Gangsters, Harukichi Yamaguchi, Kazuo Taoka, Kobe, Organized crime, Racketeering, Tokyo, Wall Street Journal, WSJ, Yakuza, Yamaguchi-gumi
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