When the YAKUZA and the POLICE Teamed Up - The 1946 SHIBUYA INCIDENT

The infamous Shibuya Incident of July 1946 was a chaotic, all-out conflict unlike anything the Japanese underworld OR the police had ever seen. On one side: over a hundred Taiwanese black market merchants. On the other: an equally large force of Yakuza, fighting side by side with… the local police force.

Yeah, you heard that right!

But how did Japan’s criminal underworld and its law enforcement END UP fighting together? What exactly happened during the Shibuya Incident and what kind of impact did it have?

If those are the questions on your mind right now, then congratulations my friend... You just clicked on the right video, because this is the FULL story behind the 1946 Shibuya Incident!


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SOURCES:

Books:
“A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present” by Andrew Gordon
“Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II” by John Dower
“In the Ruins of the Japanese Empire: Imperial Violence, State Destruction, and the Reordering of Modern East Asia” by Barak Kushner & Andrew Levidis
“Inside GHQ: The Allied occupation of Japan and its Legacy” by Takemae Eiji

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Intro
03:50 - Chinese/Taiwanese Markets are born
05:58 - Police Crackdown
07:07 - Merchants vs Matsuda-gumi
09:20 - Reacting with Force
10:26 - Forging an Alliance
13:56 - The Shibuya Incident
17:42 - Aftermath
21:31 - Outro