Tokyo News
Tokyo News: The Yakuza-like crimes in Japan Have you had any run-ins with the Yakuza? We haven`t thankfully, but there was a scam in our apartment building by the management company. They charged 500,000 Yen for "cleaning" when you moved out. Many people paid. Myself and some others hired a lawyer. When the "cleaning man" came, I lost it as I watched him writing down where the various marks were on our walls.
The cleaner feigned or otherwise, said, "Oh I didn`t know that the company was doing that, of course you will only have to pay for wear and tear." He came back the next week to finish his check. I wanting to get some air, went outside with two year old. As we were playing I spied a stocky, strong looking man with a shaved or bald head,staring at me from the road. He was wearing army fatigues. I thought okay, here is the armour corps. I went inside and asked the manchecking if his "friend" wanted to come in and join him? He said,oh no, he is just waiting for me, we are going to have lunch together after this. They were probably the most mismatched lunchdates I have ever seen. One in a suit, the other scary looking, skin head in army fatigues. Nothing came of all this. Ourselves and others stood up to this rotten company, and they stopped trying to cheat people. You have to stand up to bullies. I hope you don`t experience anything like this while you live in Japan!
From Tokyo News to US Embassy Japan
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