War on Terror of Police

Police made a great step for eliminating violence by a gang organization, which was considered as the most ferocious in Japan. Fukuoka Prefectural Police arrested the chairman of Kudo-kai, a gang association dominating in Kyushu area, with suspicion of murdering a president of a fishery corporation in 1998. Police is moving forward to dismantle Kudo-kai to halt their terrorism on ordinary citizens.

Kudo-kai, with its main office stationing in Kitakyushu City, is the only violent organization in Japan that was nominated as designated dangerous organization of gangsters. Department of Treasure in the United States seized property of two officers in Kudo-kai, with recognition of the most violent group in Japan with 560 members. The department realized that Japanese gangsters consisted of the biggest criminal organization in the world with sixty thousand members.

What differentiates Kudo-kai from other groups is violence on innocent citizens. In the conflicts against violence between yakuza groups in Kyushu, there appeared civil movements getting rid of violence from ordinary people. Managers of bars and restaurants in Kyushu stood up not to accept gangsters as customers of their business. But, Kudo-kai did not hesitate injuring or killing those civil leaders to maintain their activities. The president of a fishery corporation was one of those victims. This is nothing but terrorism.

While Nomura did not directly involved in the murder of the president, police grabbed evidence that he was on the top of commanding system of the crime. The biggest obstacle for arresting the top leader was threat on the members of organization not to reveal secrets. Police recognizes this achievement as a turning point for dismantling Kudo-kai, if it can deny sustainability of the organization. Citizens expect peaceful situation without terrorism by yakuza.

Along with tightened security against gangsters, yakuza crimes have been going underground year by year. The case of a popular singer arrested with addiction of illegal drug was closely related to a gangster organization. Anti-legal drug sales in urban Tokyo have been a financial resource of those criminal organizations. It is increasing for ordinary citizens to see car accident brought by drug-addicted driver or passenger in a train murmuring something disorganized.

Unlawful organization could be causing social uneasiness in the bottom of our life. If the police, on the other hand, fails in destroy Kudo-kai, people’s hope for non-violent community will be turning to disappointment. Losing war on yakuza terror cannot be tolerated.