Yakuza Appreciate Irony

Hopefully, the many yakuza who subscribe to this blog feed have a sense of humor.

From an article in the LA Times about a Japanese gang boss who received a liver transplant from the UCLA Medical Center and its premier transplant physician:

In his book, Kaplan describes Goto's gang, the Goto-gumi, as an offshoot of the largest Japanese organized crime group, the Yamaguchi-gumi. In an interview, Kaplan said Goto is "a serious player in the yakuza. His gang is known for being particularly ruthless and violent."

A senior member of the group and an affiliated gang member were sentenced to prison for the 1992 slashing of a Japanese director whose film portrayed the yakuzaas as violent thugs, according to a story in the Japan Times. Goto was not personally implicated in the case.