The Role of the Yakusa Fixers in the Political Right

Japanese organized crime has a long history of associating with the political right, dating back to japan's first forays into electoral politics in the 18 nineties. Codama yosio was deeply connected to the yacusa and leverage those nections on behalf of l d p politicians throughout his career. Most notably during the height of the 19 60 security treaty protests, prime minister kishi nobuske turned to kodama to mobilize a hundred and 50 thousand yakusa members in order to protect american president dwight eisenhauer from protesters. Ultimately, they weren't needed, but still it says a lot about the role of these fixers and the connections they