During the rebuilding of Japan, the Yakuza worked with the military a lot. Nintendo, for example, got a bunch of money to try different ideas but were majorly controlled at that time. Love hotels, vacuum cleaners, and many more were released and the military looked the other way.
Only when the Famicom and NES became successful did they start to renegotiate things. It's why Nintendo has more lawyers than HR department to this day.
Didn't the Yakuza org recently go bankrupt? Makes sense there's a power vacuum for illegal blackmail and dirty deeds.
During the rebuilding of Japan, the Yakuza worked with the military a lot. Nintendo, for example, got a bunch of money to try different ideas but were majorly controlled at that time. Love hotels, vacuum cleaners, and many more were released and the military looked the other way.
Only when the Famicom and NES became successful did they start to renegotiate things. It's why Nintendo has more lawyers than HR department to this day.