Tokyo Gang War

Via Tim Blair, here's a close-up view of an escalating Yakuza turf war in Tokyo. One capo was shot dead in his car at 10AM on a busy street.

Trying to think of a Black Rain joke, but none occurs to me, and I don't really feel like revisiting the links between North Korea and the Yakuza this morning, so I'll just leave you with this:

In should be noted that guns are illegal in Japan. In 2006, in the entire country, there were only 53 incidents involving guns, and only 2 deaths, the least in recorded history. And last year, 2006 was the only year on police record in which no one had been killed in Yakuza turf wars. 2007 has already failed at maintaining that record.