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A Necessary Evil

on BBC Radio 3

Japan has the lowest crime rate in the developed world. Yet organised crime, controlled by the Yakuza, Japan's gangsters, operates on a bigger scale than the US mafia and permeates every facet of the Japanese economy. How does Japan accommodate this criminal warp in the fabric of such a closely-woven society? Philip Short , BBC Tokyo correspondent, investigates the place of crime in Japan. Producer Donald Macleod

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Philip Short
Producer:
Donald MacLeod

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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