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[Joe___R]

Since you contacted them correctly and shown you weren't afraid of them. They decided to work with you. If they can easily turn their illegal business into a legal one, it makes sense to do that. Going legit keeps law enforcement off them, and it can allow them to push out others who are not doing it legally.

[anyau]

Organised criminals are very friendly as long as you don't interfere in their business. I'd rather live amongst a mafia than around crackheads that would stab you for $20

[sadmancho]

Watching this video in my Tokyo hotel. Looking out my window I’m literally looking at a blacked out Benz with a 333 license plate.

[mthe]

We were missing Steve, nice to see him back

[Mikrrii]

Black W140 S class with windshield tint actually works in US too, i had two of them and its the only car where people dont hold you in left lane or dont pull middle finger

[TheNinjaRider]

A black s600 with tinted black windows is a universal sign to stay away - all over the world 😛

[mountiansandxs]

Scary story but mad respect. Japan has always been built diffrent. Honor and respect are huge parts of their culture. You accidently steeped into a rattle snakes den, but unlike many crime outfits we know of, they handled it respectfully and correctly. I wonder if they actually made more money after being legal? That's what I wanna know. If so, then they really pulled a power move, and you got to see something rare when dealing with crime outfits. They treated you with respect and didn't make you disappear. He leveled you up, and you stood up to the task. Just wow!

[ykazan]

That S72 AMG Yakuza edition documentary Patina Collective just dove in on was out of this world.

[jiyushugi]

I spent most of the eighties in Japan working for the motorcycle manufacturers as a translator, interpreter, riding model and copywriter. The economy was booming, everybody was getting rich and it was a very exciting place to be. Then the bubble
Good Japanese movie about a gangster and a tax collector: 'A Taxing Woman' by Itami Juzo

[Quantumqbit]

As someone who has written a lot of copyright laws and used to own a blacked out W140, I humbly bow before you Mr Feldman ;-)

[mystyfiredavid]

I was a victim of the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, I was stuck for a while under the rubble of my house. I later ended up in a shelter and Yakuzas came out from everywhere and helped everyone with food and water and many other things. So what he says in the video is true, the Yakazas helped a lot after the earthquake.

[cesariojpn]

I remember one VTuber run in with the Yakuza. She actually got friendly with them and they treated her like family. A Gajin getting friendly with them was a ridiculous rarity.

[quinnsearle]

Incredible story. I currently live in Kobe and you definitely can't spot them like that. I go to an onsen that allows tattoos though and occasionally see one or two there. The tattoos are incredible, you always know they're Yakuza because their tattoos end below the neck line, above the elbow and above the knee. They could walk around in shorts and a t shirt and not get noticed

[PooNinja]

Always be respectful. It might save your life.

[tylers]

Ed, you pump out a ton of content. I appreciate you for that.

[LukeRuka]

Now in Japan, we can choose the license plate numbers, but like Steve said, back in the early 90's there was no way of getting the numbers that we wanted.
The customizable (1~4 digit) license plates started in 1999.

[KamalaTheClown]

The sequential/pattern numbers on license plates sounds very familiar with with the mafia in Bulgaria. It used to, not as much now, a gangster/mobster. When you’d see a black s-class between two blacked out armored G-class wagons and the license were sequenced, you knew to gtfo their way asap.

[chesspiece]

The Patina Collective just released a video on a former Yakuza owned AMG Mercedes coupe that they claimed new would have cost $250k once purchased and modified by AMG Japan. They bought it about 2 years ago and just finally got it. It is an all metal AMG wide body S 73 coupe with the 7.3 V12 that AMG developed and used by Pagani from the 90s. It's gorgeous, it is well worth watching.

[paulgaspar]

I worked for the yakuza for 5 years back in early 90’s in an underground casino in Tokyo. They were the best people I have ever worked for. Very honest, generous and being the only westerner in the team they made me feel very welcome. Really miss those days.

[WickedCrispy]

I saw some random documentary a few years back on the drug trade in the US. All the high rollers who are big in the game are playing it smart, too. Guys drive Prius'es under the speed limit, no flash, no bling, no nothing. They run the game until they get enough cash and then bail out, retire.