The Yakuza are in a state of heavy decline in Japan due to legal restrictions, the stigma of being associated with them, and competition from new criminal groups.

“Today though, what we're going to be talking about is how the Yakuza in Japan are in heavy decline. And we're going to cover how instead, what is weirdly enough happening in Japan, a new breed of criminal is slowly but surely causing the Yakuza to go extinct.”

The Yakuza remains a dangerous and significant criminal organization in Japan.

“and these guys are still I believe dangerous over there right this is still a big thing the Yakuza oh yeah they listen the Yakuza is a staple of Japanese culture so much so that if you pay protection money to the acuza as a corporation you can actually you can actually claim it as a write-off”