Editing Yakuza (section)

====Yakuza's aid in earthquakes====
In the wake of the [[Great Hanshin earthquake|1995 Kobe earthquake]], the [[Yamaguchi-gumi]] yakuza group, who are based in the area, mobilized to provide disaster relief services (including the use of a helicopter). Media reports contrasted this rapid response with the much slower pace at which the Japanese government's official relief efforts took place.<ref>{{citation | work = The New York Times | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE2DF1E31F931A15752C0A963958260 | title = Quake in Japan: Gangsters; Gang in Kobe Organizes Aid for People in Quake | first=James | last=Sterngold | date=22 January 1995}}.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sawada |first1=Yasuyuki |last2=Shimizutani |first2=Satoshi |title=How Do People Cope with Natural Disasters? Evidence from the Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) Earthquake in 1995 |journal=Journal of Money, Credit and Banking |date=March 2008 |volume=40 |issue=2–3 |pages=463–488 |doi=10.1111/j.1538-4616.2008.00122.x }}</ref>

Following the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]] on 11 March 2011, the yakuza sent hundreds of trucks filled with food, water, blankets, and sanitary accessories to aid the people in the affected areas of the natural disaster.<ref name= adelstein20110318>{{cite web |url= https://www.thedailybeast.com/japanese-yakuza-aid-earthquake-relief-efforts |title = Japanese Yakuza Aid Earthquake Relief Efforts |date=2011-03-18 |last=Adelstein |first=Jake |website= The Daily Beast |access-date= 2021-07-08}}</ref>
[[CNN en Español|CNN México]] said that although the yakuza operates through extortion and other violent methods, they "[moved] swiftly and quietly to provide aid to those most in need."<ref name=cnnmexico>{{cite news|title=La mafia japonesa de los 'yakuza' envía alimentos a las víctimas del sismo|url=http://mexico.cnn.com/mundo/2011/03/25/la-mafia-japonesa-de-los-yakuza-envia-alimentos-a-las-victimas-del-sismo|access-date=28 February 2012|newspaper=[[CNN en Español|CNN México]]|date=25 March 2011|language=es}}</ref>