From The Guardian:
Tadamasa Goto, one of Japan's most notorious underworld bosses, is to enter the Buddhist priesthood less than a year after his volatile behaviour caused a rift in the country's biggest crime syndicate.
As leader of a yakuza – or Japanese mafia – gang, Goto amassed a fortune from prostitution, protection rackets and white-collar crime, while cultivating a reputation for extreme violence.
Tomorrow, his life will take a decidedly austere turn when he begins training at a temple in Kanagawa prefecture south of Tokyo, the Sankei Shimbun newspaper said today, citing police sources.
The 66-year-old, whose eponymous gang belonged to the powerful Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate, was expelled from the yakuza fraternity last October after a furious row with his bosses over his conduct.
Known as Japan's answer to John Gotti, the infamous mafia don, Goto reportedly upset his seniors amid media reports that he had invited several celebrities to join his lavish birthday celebrations last September.
3 comments:
In these times, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if that job vacancy for his last "position" gets posted soon on Monster.com.
Or they can do a new Japanese Reality show, called :
"Who want to be a Yakuza Boss".
( You wouldn't want to be a loser on that show... )
I wonder if he's just escaping to the monkhood to avoid getting whacked. It sounds like he pissed off a lot of higher-ups.
Yakuza boss turned Buddhist is how I used to picture my life turning out. :\
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