Now for something completely different: Visual Kei

A link via Mutantfrog Travelogue:

And we thought Johnny's Jimusho was dodgy; Tokyo Damage Report gives the lowdown on the grime in the Visual Kei industry, from lack of contracts and "band rules" to money laundering. It's not only the political world that takes cues from the yakuza:

In the beginning there was some – how do you say? – rivalry? between them, but they soon became friends, when they realized they could make more by working together. And of course that's the exact system used by...