Not a good week for the big guys

The stolen Peko-chan mascots, from the Sankei News site

In unusual yakuza-related news, April 23 saw the sentencing of an ex-Yamaguchi-gumi higher up for a crime that's worth a chuckle. According to Sankei News, You Inaba, 43, was sentenced to six years in jail for stealing 10 "Peko-chan" statues from Fujiya stores between May 2008 and February 2009 in Wakayama, Osaka and other cities. When laying down the charges, prosecutors said that Inaba "has had a huge effect on society because of the...