A majority of these organizations' members belong to the socially outcast burakumin demographic.
Jacob Raz of Tel Aviv University claimed that an organization of this type held a human rights symposium in 1987 after a legal decision prohibited them from gathering in private buildings. The Guardian published sample questions from these organizations' entrance exams regarding the ethics of illegal waste dumping and the types of bank scams not prohibited by law. Members of these organizations semi-legally disrupt shareholders' meetings in an extortion tactic known as (*) sokaiya. A majority of these organizations' members belong to the socially outcast burakumin demographic. Common punishment for members of these organizations involves the amputation of the little finger. Members of these organizations provided aid faster than the government in 1995 and 2011 after major earthquakes. For 10 points, name this kind of crime syndicate which holds territory in Japan.
Jacob Raz of Tel Aviv University claimed that an organization of this type held a human rights symposium in 1987 after a legal decision prohibited them from gathering in private buildings.
yakuza [or gokudo; or boryokudan; or ninkyo dantai]