I stole this from Chuck Sheperd's News of the Weird. He stole it from the London Times:
"Because perhaps hundreds of Japanese Yakuza gangsters are nearing retirement age, the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare has drafted rules for the former gambling, loan shark, and protection workers to qualify for benefits, according to a March dispatch from Tokyo in The Times of London. Since organized crime leaves no employment paper trail, ex-mobsters must supply a letter of retirement from their crime boss in order to sign up, although local governments are expected to accept as partial proof gang tattoos, criminal records, demonstrations of missing finger tips (the sign of traditional Yakuza punishment for mistakes). [The Times (London), 3-3-06]"
So all I need to do is move to Japan, get a gang tattoo, cut off a finger, and turn Japanese of course, and I'm all set to retire early!!
"Because perhaps hundreds of Japanese Yakuza gangsters are nearing retirement age, the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare has drafted rules for the former gambling, loan shark, and protection workers to qualify for benefits, according to a March dispatch from Tokyo in The Times of London. Since organized crime leaves no employment paper trail, ex-mobsters must supply a letter of retirement from their crime boss in order to sign up, although local governments are expected to accept as partial proof gang tattoos, criminal records, demonstrations of missing finger tips (the sign of traditional Yakuza punishment for mistakes). [The Times (London), 3-3-06]"
So all I need to do is move to Japan, get a gang tattoo, cut off a finger, and turn Japanese of course, and I'm all set to retire early!!
How do suppose that interaction would go?
Hey secret boss of my crime syndicate, would you mind signing this paper proving that you are both my employer and the head of 7 illegal gambling operations? I need to turn it over to the government so I can get a large some of money...
Crazy Japanese...My cousins are Japanese and man they're wacky