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• n  a Japanese supervisor

• For failing to live up to the yakuza code, an offender had to show penitence by cutting off his little finger and presenting it to his oyabun (boss)a rite that still prevails .
• The Liberal Democrats, themselves a postwar coalition of Japan's conservatives and liberals born in 1955, operate on a system called oyabun-kobun (leader-adherent) that closely .

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• MeeT Mr NeUTRoN...
  Shinzo Abe is...   . . Yubi-tsume (lit. finger-cutting) is an atonement ritual in yakuza culture. Gangsters who fail to properly carry out their duty, embarrass their gang, or get their coworkers killed or arrested must make amends to their Godfather (oyabun). The traditional method of apologizing for mistakes and reaffirming loyalty to the gang is through yubi-tsume. This can be done ...
  Aug. 20, 2013 - Zero Hedge