I think it would actually look more suspicious of Morishita didn’t work for the yakuza. It would be another hostle take over. Otherwise, it would be internal house cleaning by just another organized crime group.

It has been noted before that K-1 has had their own problems. However, one item not really noted a lot in the English press is that Soka Gakkai, the very powerful religious Buddhist group in Japan (that has serious control over the entertainment industry there — that is not a judgment or anti-Soka statement, it is what it is), has some influence in K-1. A few of the Japanese tabloids have touched upon this, but nobody really has made a serious effort to talk about the relationship because of how powerful the people involved are.

[if dse is a yakuza front, how can they do business in the US?]

Well, let’s look at how business is done in the US. In the case of DSE, you have Kanda & Yamamoto (as I noted in “the biochemists” post a few days ago) who basically operate on their own, and hence whenever background checks are done (such as by the Nevada State Highway Patrol or the FBI), the checks are done on them – not on Sakakibara or others. When Yamamoto got licensed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, they didn’t do the background checks – the Highway Patrol and the FBI did.

Now, should the anti-yakuza task force in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police department or the Kanagawa Police make the claim that DSE is a yakuza company, then things change in a hurry. Until the police make direct accusations against DSE, there’s nothing that can or will be done against the said party.

if dse is a yakuza front, how can they do business in the US? arent the FBI interested in the yakuza invading america?