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Part II "The Japan Years"
Now, Masakado Kato was almost at the pinnacle of power. Within the Japanese Yakuza, that is. Becoming an oyabun enabled Kato to lead his own organisation, a clan which he re-named Mouko-buzoku (Fierce Tiger Clan), whilst erasing the last remains of oyabun Toro’s Japango-empire. His new position also gave him a seat in the conference of oyabuns, the Great Conference. Within the next few years and under a strict code of leadership, his clan blossomed into one of the most prolific and successful crime syndicates within Japan. He became extremely wealthy, extremely powerful and extremely paranoid about other oyabuns and his own clan yakuza. Bribing the politicians of the country was a sport to him, as was the blackmail of bank directors and insurance companies to fund his crimes. But he soon had a slight problem with reality. Masakado Kato simply thought that through his influence and power, he might be completely out of reach of the law. Once, as one member of the regional police force of Manichi dared to challenge a decision about releasing a kyodai, who was caught red-handed in a small robbery, he made a point in killing both the inspector as well as his entire family. This vicious capital crime put the head of the force in a great dilemma. Theft, extortion, prostitution, gambling and violent deeds within yakuza clans was one thing. Murder of a member of the police force another. Such a crime could not pass unnoticed without punishment. On the other hand, Chief Mashiro Onsen was financially and morally in the hands of Kato. So the district chief took the road of honor. Declaring Kato a wanted criminal, thus banning him from the area of Manichi and issuing a warrant for his capture was inevitable. Onsen knew that this decision was his own death warrant and since he feared for his family, he committed seppuko. From this time onwards, Kato was a marked man. Soon the police prefectures in Nagoya and Kyoto were following the hunt. The Tokyo Police was joining one year later. The ground upon which Masakado Kato walked was hot as hell. His turf scorched. Since he led one of the biggest syndicates in Japan, he held out longer than expected, but at the age of 42, just weeks from his annual birthday bash, he finally got cornered. Knowing, that no Great Conference would save him, he quietly disposed of assets and his closest allies, booked a passage for him, his beloved girlfriend Mihoko and several men he trusted and slipped out of the grip of the yakuza gangs and the authorities.
He went to Florida, taking refuge in the city of Ft. Lauderdale. For him, Japan had nothing more to offer. America was his futur
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