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Originally Posted by Sumeragi
Hmmm....... Here's some food for thought, which comes from the game "Yakuza 4": "The police and yakuza helped rebuild Japan after its defeat in World War II, but we did so, in the background. The police kept order and protected citizens from the crime that directly affected their lives. Meanwhile, the yakuza preserved Japan's independence by keeping foreign threats out."
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o.O I'm sure the Japan Occupation Forces veterans found that an amusing idea. Sounds a bit self-serving but then most mythologies are - one likes to romanticize one's behavior.
Maybe that translates as "we offered bars and brothels to the foreign occupiers so they'd leave the regular people alone"