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May 18, 2007
Yakuza at Softbank
Breaking news here, and I don't know if or when it will hit the stations, but apparently a 50-something Osaka gangster with a gold watch and an expensive handbag walked into Softbank headquarters in Tokyo earlier today and told the receptionist "call Son Masayoshi right now, because I'm going to cut him with a knife."
For some reason, Mr. Son declined to come down, and when they told the gangster that they would call the police, he heartedly welcomed the move. Cops came later and took him away.
I don't speak "yakuza" but this sounds like some kind of weird messaging to me. Crazy guys act a bit crazier, so my guess is that there is some kind of rationale behind this action.
Update: The guy apparently showed up in a white Benz and threw 300,000 yen on the floor in 10,000 yen bills while he was shouting to the receptionists.
Posted by marxy at May 18, 2007 5:49 PM
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that, is totally awesome. shooting everyone crime is lame. throwing money, and telling someone to show up so you can cut them.. even though that person is not persent. (and in a bank, i assume there are cameras?) and doing it in style! gold watch. white benz. we need some of that action over here. for sure. THAT is how to be a gangster.
Posted by: trevor, panda republic at May 19, 2007 1:42 AM
yeah, we need real gangsters. the kind that protect fresh off the boat white boys in kobe from post-earthquake life by driving by and giving away stuff and shit like that.
Posted by: r. at May 19, 2007 2:02 AM
Was this at that Softbank near akasaka mitsuke? Theres been a marked increase in white mercedes around there lately.
Posted by: Chris_B at May 19, 2007 5:24 PM
This was at their corporate headquarters.
Posted by: marxy at May 19, 2007 5:58 PM
silly me! you said that clearly before.
Posted by: Chris_B at May 19, 2007 7:46 PM
he also said "heartedly". is that a word?
anyway. good work. very dramatic.
Posted by: puyopuyo at May 20, 2007 1:38 PM
Was he yelling "MAKE IT RAIN" as he threw the money?
Posted by: Rory P. Wavekrest at May 20, 2007 4:01 PM
i guess i did know that Momus had just recently arrived in Japan,
but this is shocking news, indeed. did any witnesses catch a pirate eye patch on the guy?
Posted by: michael at May 20, 2007 5:56 PM
what's your source for this? ... oh wait, we weren't supposed to ask, were we? I broke some weird blog rule, did I?
Posted by: Marcus at May 25, 2007 7:33 AM
Inside sources.
Posted by: marxy at May 25, 2007 9:11 AM