Police Arrest Yakuza Labor Broker In “Nuclear Mafia” Crackdown; Investigation Continues : Japan Subculture Research Center

Submitted by MEFH on
Item Description
After the arrest of a yakuza boss for his alleged role in supplying workers to TEPCO’s Fukushima Daichi Nuclear Plant, we are learning the details of how Japan’s nuclear industry relied on organized crime. Since July of last year, a few months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami resulted in a triple meltdown at the Fukushima plant, investigators have been probing possible yakuza links to TEPCO and the nuclear industry under the guidance of the National Police Agency.
Translation Approval
Off
Internet Archive Flag
Flagged for Internet Archive
Media Type
Layer Type
Archive
Seeds
Latitude
0
Longitude
0
Location
0,0
Media Creator Username
MEFH
Media Creator Realname
MEFH
Frequency
Archive Once
Scope
One Page
Internet Archive Status
Verified
Language
English
Notes
https://five.partner.archive-it.org/1131/crawls/7472/crawl/240599
Media Date Create
Retweet
Off
English Title
Police Arrest Yakuza Labor Broker In “Nuclear Mafia” Crackdown; Investigation Continues : Japan Subculture Research Center
English Description
After the arrest of a yakuza boss for his alleged role in supplying workers to TEPCO’s Fukushima Daichi Nuclear Plant, we are learning the details of how Japan’s nuclear industry relied on organized crime. Since July of last year, a few months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami resulted in a triple meltdown at the Fukushima plant, investigators have been probing possible yakuza links to TEPCO and the nuclear industry under the guidance of the National Police Agency.
Flagged for Internet Archive
On
URI
http://wayback.archive-it.org/7472/20160601000000/http://www.japansubculture.com/first-arrest-of-nuclear-mafia/
Attribution URI
http://www.japansubculture.com/first-arrest-of-nuclear-mafia/