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10-08-2009, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by JayAyeAre View Post
to associate tattoos with criminal organizations is ridicoulous.
In Japan, it isn't. Traditionally, many yakuza get tattoos and very, very few Japanese that are not yakuza get tattoos. That may be changing nowadays, but Japan can still be a very traditional society in many ways, and tattoos are instinctual linked to criminals in many Japanese minds.


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