Kusan shekaru 40, Mako Nishimura bai taɓa yin rashin nasara a faɗa ba. Ta gaya mini haka kamar yana da sauƙi kamar dare yana biye da rana. Nishimura tsayinsa ƙafa biyar ne kawai kuma siriri ne. Ita ma ita ce mace ɗaya tilo da ta taɓa zama cikakkiyar yakuza—memba na duniyar laifuffuka mai tsananin tsoro da mulki a Japan. Dole ne ta doke yawancin maza masu laifi. Na tambaye ta, ta yaya ta yi haka? "Da farko ƙafafu," ta ce, hannayenta a haɗe, tana nuna halin natsuwa na limamin ƙauye. "Ka sare shi da sanda ko katako." Sa'an nan ka fara aiki.
Halin Nishimura na rashin damuwa game da tashin hankali—kuma magana da ita, kana zargin yana da zurfi fiye da haka—ya fara jan hankalin membobin yakuza a 1986. A lokacin, tana yarinya mai gudu daga gida mai shekaru 19 kuma tsohuwar fursuna a gidan yarin matasa da ke zaune a Gifu, birni kusa da Nagoya. Wata dare a wannan shekarar, Nishimura ta sami kiran waya. Wata abokiyar ciki mai suna Aya tana cikin matsala. Nishimura ta ɗauki sandar wasan ƙwallon baseball, ta gudu a kan titi, ta iske Aya kewaye da maza biyar. Lokacin da ɗayansu ya bugi Aya a ciki, Nishimura ta yi wa abokiyarta ihu da ta gudu, sa'an nan ta bi maharan da sandarta.
Lokacin da 'yan sanda suka isa, maharan sun cika da jini kuma Nishimura ta gudu. Ta ɓuya mil 170 a Tokyo. Bayan makonni biyu, lokacin da ta koma Gifu, wani mutum na gari ya tunkare ta a wani gidan rawa. Shi memba ne na Inagawa-kai, ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin laifuffuka na Japan, kuma yana son ta shiga. Nishimura ta riga ta kasance cikin wata ƙungiyar babur da ake kira Worst, waɗanda ke tsere da fashi sanye da fararen riguna na matukan jirgin saman kamikaze na yaƙi. Ta kuma shiga cikin manyan laifuffuka—tana tafiyar da mata masu yin jima'i, tana karbar kuɗi daga kasuwancin gida, da sayarwa da amfani da methamphetamine da yawa. Mutumin Inagawa-kai bai da kuzarin da ya dace, Nishimura ta yi tunani. Ta ƙi shi.
Duk da haka, rayuwar yakuza ta burge ta. Tana ba da girmamawa, kariya, kuma mafi mahimmanci, damar samun kuɗi mai yawa. Bayan 'yan kwanaki, wani yakuza ya aika a kira Nishimura. Sunansa Ryochi Sugino, kuma yana tafiyar da wani reshe na Gifu na ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin yakuza na Japan. Sugino ya kasance mai kisan kai da aka yanke masa hukunci, amma kuma yana da kwarjini kuma, ko ta yaya, yana da hali na uba. Nishimura ta amince da shi. "Yana da wannan haske," ta ce.
Tana da shekaru 20, ita da wani shugaban ƙungiyar sun sha sake a hedkwatar ƙungiyar a cikin garin Gifu. Wannan al'ada, da ake kira sakazuki, ta tabbatar da shigar Nishimura cikin yakuza kuma ta kafa amincinta ga Sugino har mutuwa. Yanzu, kamar yadda maganar ta ce, idan Sugino ya gaya wa Nishimura hankaka fari ne, dole ne ta yarda. Tana alfahari da sabon asalinta, ta gaya mini. "Duk abin da yake kamar yakuza, zan yi."
Wasu daga cikin mazan sun yi mata ba'a saboda ita mace ce. Amma kuma sun yaba da kasuwancin da ta kawo, tana tafiyar da 'yan mata da meth a kusa da Gifu. Ba kamar membobin mafiyan Italiya ba, waɗanda ke ba da rabon ribar laifuffuka ta hanyar tsarin mulki mai tsauri, yakuza suna aiki kamar ikon amfani da sunan kamfani. Membobi suna biyan haraji na wata-wata don yin ciniki a kan barazanar tashin hankali na ƙungiyar.
Lokacin da Nishimura ta shiga, yakuza suna bunƙasa. Ba kamar yawancin ƙungiyoyin laifuffuka a duniya ba, yakuza ba su ɗauki kansu a matsayin baƙi ba. Sun daɗe suna cikin tsarin, suna ƙaruwa da ƙarfi tare da jihar maimakon adawa da ita. Sun yi iƙirarin alaƙa da samurai na zamanin feudal kuma sun taimaka wa sojojin Japan na mulkin mallaka wajen kwace Asiya. Zuwa tsakiyar karni na 20, hotonsu na masu laifi masu kishin ƙasa ya ƙara kyautatawa ta hanyar gidajen fina-finai da manga mallakar yakuza.
Zuwa shekarun 1980, lokacin da Nishimura ta zama memba, yakuza ba kawai suna safarar bindigogi, ƙwayoyi, da mata ba. Ƙungiyoyin suna gudanar da gidajen caca, filayen golf, da gine-gine masu tsayi, kuma suna karbar kuɗi daga kamfanoni da ke cinikin hannayen jari ta hanyar barazanar kawo cikas ga ayyukansu. Manyan ƙungiyoyin yakuza suna da darajar ɗaruruwan miliyoyin daloli kuma suna aiki a kasuwar hannayen jari, tare da ayyuka daga Hawaii zuwa Ho Chi Minh City.
Amma yayin da tattalin arzikin Japan ya canza, haka ma arzikinsu ya canza. Bayan fashewar kumfar tattalin arziki a farkon shekarun 1990 da jerin abubuwan kunya da suka bayyana dangantakar da ke tsakanin laifuffuka da siyasa, jama'ar Japan sun ƙara neman 'yan sanda su murkushe ƙungiyoyin. A kwanakin nan, bayan shekaru na dokoki masu tsauri da gasa daga ƙungiyoyin laifuffuka na duniya da na fasaha, ana ganin yakuza a matsayin ƙarfi mai raguwa.
Nishimura ba ta zama memba ba yanzu. Tana zaune a wani ƙaramin gida a ƙasa kusa da tashar jirgin ƙasa ta Gifu, kewaye da tsirrai da hotunan 'ya'yanta maza biyu. Saboda aikinta na laifi da jarabar ƙwayoyi, ta fi kallon rayuwarsu ta manya daga nesa. Lokacin da muka hadu a cikin kwanaki uku a kaka na bara, Nishimura, yanzu tana da shekaru 59, tana sanye da gashin kanta a cikin wutsiyar doki mai launin shuɗi da aka ja ta cikin hular wasan ƙwallon baseball mai kayan ado, tare da jaket ɗin denim fari da wando na skinny. Alamun da ake iya gani da suka nuna cewa ta taɓa zama yakuza sune zane-zane masu haske da suka bazu zuwa wuyanta da hannayenta, da kuma ɗan yatsa da ya ɓace a hannunta na hagu.
Nishimura ba ta da sha'awar zama gunkin mata. "Ni mutum ne," ta gaya mini. "Dole ne in yi hali kamar mutum." Duk da haka, ta ce tana jin kunyar shekarun da ta yi na laifi—yawancinsu suna kaiwa mata hari—kuma tana ƙoƙarin ƙara fansa a cikin labarinta. Ta rubuta tarihin rayuwa game da hawa da sauka na rayuwa a cikin ƙungiyar laifuffuka, kuma tana aiki ga wata ƙungiyar agaji da ke taimaka wa tsoffin yakuza su bar ƙungiyoyin har abada. Yayin da arzikin duniyar laifuffuka na Japan ke raguwa, Nishimura tana fatan wannan sabon babi na rayuwarta zai iya dawo da danginta tare.
A matsayinta na yarinya, Nishimura tana son labaran da yakuza ke ba da kansu—musamman ma masu tawaye masu ƙarfin hali da taurari kamar Ken Takakura da Bunta Sugawara suka yi, waɗanda suka rayu da ka'ida: kare raunana kuma ka yi yaƙi da mai ƙarfi. Ga Nishimura, wannan yana nufin tawaye ga mahaifinta, ma'aikacin gwamnati mai tsauri wanda salon tarbiyyarsa, kamar yadda ta tuna, ya ƙunshi bugun 'ya'yansa da jefa su rabin tsirara a cikin sanyi. Duk wani abu daga maki marasa kyau zuwa lankwasa na iya haifar da bugu. "Aiki tuƙuru," ya gaya wa Nishimura da ƙanenta maza biyu, "ba ya cin amanar ka."
Da ta kai shekaru 14, Nishimura ta shiga ƙungiyar da ake kira "masu laifi," suna shan sigari da tsallake darasi. Ya kasance "sabuwar gogewa," ta rubuta a cikin tarihinta, "lokacin 'yanci da 'yanci." Amma lokacin da ta canza gashin kanta zuwa shuɗi, ya fusata mahaifinta. Ya aske kanta, kuma ta tafi makaranta washegari da kanta a nannade da tawul.
Daga nan, Nishimura ta zama mai gudu daga gida, tana kwana a cikin motoci ko ƙarƙashin rufin haikali. Ta sake sunan kanta Mako, ma'ana "ɗan shaidan," kuma ta sami farkon ɗaruruwan zane-zane da yanzu suka rufe kusan dukkan jikinta. Wasu ta yi da kanta da sanda da tsinke—ciki har da na cinyoyinta, waɗanda suka fi zafi. "Zan iya jure zafi," ta tabbatar mini.
Tana da shekaru 17, bayan 'yan watanni a gidan yarin matasa saboda mallakar ƙwayoyi, Nishimura ta shiga Worst, ɗaya daga cikin ɗaruruwan ƙungiyoyin babur na bōsōzoku (a zahiri "kabilun gudu") a Japan. Yakuza sukan ɗauki mutane daga ƙungiyoyin babur, kuma ba da daɗewa ba wani yakuza mai shekaru 40 ya lura da Nishimura kuma ya gabatar da ita ga Sugino.
Lokacin da mahaifiyar Nishimura, Hiroko, ta gano cewa 'yarta ta tafi daga gidan yarin matasa zuwa zama mace ɗaya tilo ta yakuza a Japan, ta zo hedkwatar ƙungiyar a Gifu. Ba shi da wuya a same shi: yakuza suna da ofisoshi masu rijista, tambura, har ma da kyaututtukan ma'aikaci na wata. "Don Allah ki kula da 'yata," Hiroko ta roƙi Sugino. Amma Nishimura yanzu tana da iyali na biyu—wanda, ta ji, ya karɓe ta don ainihin abin da take.
A cikin shekaru biyu na farko a matsayinta na yakuza na Sugino-gumi, Nishimura ta shiga wani nau'in lokacin gwaji, tana yin jerin ayyuka na yau da kullun waɗanda zasu iya haɗa da dafa abinci (abokan aikinta sun fi son salatin dankalin ta), tsaftacewa, wanki, aiki a teburin gaba, ko tafiya da karnukan Akita biyu na shugaba. Ɗayansu, bisa ga almara, ya kashe dabbobi huɗu da kansa, don haka ya dace da suna Dog Killer Maru.
Iyalin Sugino kuma sun koya wa Nishimura yadda ake karbar kuɗi daga kasuwancin da kuma gano 'yan sanda da 'yan siyasa masu cin hanci. (A cikin shekarun 1980, wata jarida ta ruwaito cewa wata ƙungiyar yakuza a Gifu ta riƙe wani memba na majalisar dokokin Japan, Diet, a matsayin "mai ba da shawara.") Nishimura ta yi amfani da kuɗin ƙwayoyi don fara kasuwancin jima'i, sa'an nan ta saka ribar a cikin injunan slot. Ta ba da wasu kuɗin da ta samu ga ɗan'uwanta na babba, direban babbar mota mai wahala wanda shi ma ya shiga cikin ƙungiyar laifuffuka. Ta ɗaga nauyi, ta koyi karate, kuma ta kashe kuɗi da yawa a kan zane-zane, ciki har da zane-zanen da babban mai laifi Kenichi Shinoda ya yi.
Ɗaya daga cikin mafi yawan ribar yakuza shine masana'antar jima'i. Nishimura tana kai mata zuwa Watakano, tsibiri mai murabba'in mil rabin mil 75 kudu da Gifu, wanda ake yi wa laƙabi da Tsibirin Karuwa. Masu karuwanci na iya biyan kuɗi na gaba don kyawawan 'yan mata, don haka Nishimura ta duba tsakanin matan Gifu masu bashi ko masu shan ƙwayoyi don neman masu samar da kuɗi.
Sau ɗaya, bisa ga tarihinta, daidai lokacin da Nishimura ke shirin rufe yarjejeniya don ɗayansu—wata matashiyar mai shan meth mai suna Reiko—yarinyar ta gudu. Nishimura ta bi ta zuwa Osaka, birni na biyu mafi girma a Japan, kuma ta biya wani memba na yakuza ya sake sace ta. Nishimura ta kori yarinyar da ta firgita zuwa Gifu a cikin motarta ta Mercedes, tana ƙara kuɗin tafiya, abinci, da ƙwayoyi a cikin bashinta. "Za ki share bayanki," Nishimura ta gaya mata.
Sa'an nan Nishimura ta kai Reiko zuwa tashar jirgin ruwa, inda suka shiga wani jirgin kamun kifi mara kyau, kuma Nishimura ta mika yarinyar ga wani yakuza na Watakano. Shekaru bayan haka, Nishimura ta ci karo da yarinyar. Ta biya bashinta, amma idanunta ba su da komai kuma ba ta gane Nishimura ba kwata-kwata. Nishimura ta san cewa ta taka rawa a cikin wahalar Reiko. Amma, ta ce, "Idan kai yakuza ne, idan ba ka yi irin waɗannan munanan abubuwa ba, ba za ka iya tashi ko zama mafi kyau ba."
Abokan hamayya sukan kira Nishimura "ƙaramin mutum." Ita ce mace ɗaya tilo ko ɗaya daga cikin biyu da ta yi bikin sakazuki. (Akwai wata mace a Osaka wadda ta yi hakan kafin Nishimura, amma ta ƙi yin magana game da rayuwarta ta baya.) Nishimura ita ce "keɓantacciyar da ke tabbatar da ka'ida" na al'adun uba na yakuza, a cewar Martina Baradel, masaniyar Jami'ar Oxford kuma marubucin Yakuza Blues da 21st Century Yakuza. (A farkon shekarun 1980, gwauruwar shugaban babbar ƙungiyar yakuza ta Japan, Yamaguchi-gumi, ta karɓi ragamar mulki yayin da zaɓaɓɓen magajin mijinta ke kurkuku. Amma ba ta taɓa yin sakazuki ba.)
Wani lokaci Nishimura tana yin ƙananan sulhu ga tsarin uba na duniyar laifuffuka—kamar amsa waya a teburin gaba na Sugino-gumi da murya mai zurfi. Amma ta nace cewa babu wanda ya taɓa yin wani abu na jima'i da ita ko ya ɗauke ta a matsayin wani abu banda memba. Manyan barazanar Nishimura sun zo ta wasu hanyoyi.
Yayin da ribarta da matsayinta suka girma, rayuwar Nishimura ta lalace. Giya ba ta taɓa yarda da ita ba, kuma ba ta ji daɗin shan fenti tare da abokan baburta ba. Amma meth ya bambanta. Ya sa ta kasance a faɗake kuma tana jin daɗi, kamar gashin kanta yana tsaye, ta ce. Sugino-gumi ya hana amfani da ƙwayoyi, amma ƙaramin gidan Nishimura ya karɓi rukunin masu laifi da masu amfani da ke canzawa, waɗanda ke zaune suna shan meth.
Ba da daɗewa ba Sugino ya gano game da matsalar jarabar ƙungiyar kuma ya umarci Nishimura ta nemi afuwa a madadinsu ta hanyar yakuza: ta yanke yatsa. Ta yanke ƙarshen ɗan yatsanta. Nishimura ta danne yatsan tsakanin takobi da ƙasa, sa'an nan ta taka ruwan. Amma takobin ya zame ya yanke yatsanta a kai tsaye. Don haka ta sake yin hakan, ta yanke shi a haɗin gwiwa na gaba. Sa'an nan ta tafi asibiti kusa, inda ma'aikatan suka yi wa ƙashin da ya fito gyara, suka yanke ɗan yatsan da jini da ƙusoshi, suka dinka shi. Bayan haka, ta koma hedkwata kuma ta mika ragowar ga shugabanta. Ganin yadda ta yi hakan cikin natsuwa, membobin da suka ji tsoro daga baya suka zo wurin Nishimura don a yi musu haka. Ta yi hakan da farin ciki, sau da yawa don kuɗi.
Yanzu tana da shekaru 21, Nishimura ta daɗe ba ta saduwa da mahaifinta ba. Mahaifiyarta, Hiroko, ta ci gaba da tuntuɓar, tana saduwa da 'yarta mai tawaye a asirce, tana ba ta kuɗi, kuma tana fatan iyalin za su sake haɗuwa wata rana. Amma lokacin da 'yan sanda suka kai hari a gidan Nishimura, sun sami methamphetamine, kuma alkali ya yanke mata hukuncin shekaru biyu da rabi a kurkuku saboda mallakar. Yayin da take ciki, ta karanci dokar kasuwanci kuma ta koyi dabarun zamba na kuɗi daga wata fursuna.
Lokacin da aka saki Nishimura a 1990 tana da shekaru 24, an karɓe ta a ƙofar gaba ta hanyar girmamawa daga yakuza, an kai ta hedkwatar ƙungiyar, an tufatar da ita da kwat, kuma an ba ta yen miliyan ɗaya—kusan £4,700 a yau. Bikin, da ake kira demukai, "ya kasance muhimmin al'ada na wucewa ga memba na yakuza," a cewar wani binciken ilimin ɗan adam daga wancan lokacin. "Alama ce cewa ƙoƙarin gyara na jihar ya gaza."
A kurkuku, Nishimura ta sami damar tsarkake kanta, amma bayan an sake ta, ta fara amfani da meth kuma. An san ta da ƙarfin hali, amma a ciki, ƙwayar ta lalata ta. Ta zama mai shakku kuma ta sha wahala daga hangen nesa. "Na gaji," ta rubuta. "Inuwa ta zama kamar mutane; ruwa mai gudana yana kama da muryar mutum."
Zuwa ƙarshen shekarun 1980, yakuza sun rasa matsayinsu. Shekaru da yawa, ƙungiyoyin laifuffuka na Japan suna da suna a matsayin masu laifi da ke sata daga masu arziki, waɗanda suka ƙunshi burakumin, wani matsayi na zamantakewa mai ƙanƙanta wanda a tarihi ke da ayyuka "datti" kamar yankan nama da jana'iza. Amma jerin abubuwan kunya masu girma sun bayyana cewa shugabannin suna rayuwa mai daɗi kuma suna lalata 'yan siyasa. Sun gaji da tasirinsu da tashin hankalin ƙungiyoyi, jama'a sun juya musu baya.
Har ma da nau'in fina-finan yakuza, wanda ya shahara da masu sauraron Japan a shekarun 1950 da 1960, ya canza. Labaran da ke ɗaukaka sun ba da hanya ga sabbin fina-finai, kamar Boiling Point a 1990, wanda ya yi ba'a game da muguntarsu. A 1992, wani fim mai suna Mob Woman ya nuna wata lauya mace da ta yi nasara wajen tsayawa tsayin daka ga yakuza. Bayan an nuna shi, 'yan ƙungiyar laifuffuka uku sun kai hari ga darektan, Juzo Itami, kuma suka yanyanke fuskarsa da wuƙaƙe.
Duba hoto a cikin cikakken allo: Membobin ƙungiyar yakuza Yamaguchi-gumi suna halartar taron tunawa da shugabansu, Masahisa Takenaka, a Kobe, Honshu, a 1988. Hoton: AP
Itami ya warke, amma Diet har yanzu ta zartar da dokar hana yakuza wadda ta hana su shiga kasuwar hannayen jari, karbar kuɗin kariya, da aiki a matsayin masu ba da rance. Dokar—mai kama da Dokar Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) ta Amurka ta 1970—ta ba hukumomi damar sanya yakuza a matsayin "ƙungiyoyi masu tashin hankali," yana mai yiwuwa a kwace kadarorinsu da dukiyarsu.
Ba wai kawai game da asarar girmamawa ko daraja ba ne. Yakuza sun hau kan abin al'ajabi na tattalin arziki wanda ya ɗauki Japan daga lalacewa bayan yaƙi zuwa tattalin arziki na uku mafi girma a duniya. Amma kumfar ta fashe a 1990, ta shafe kashi 60% na darajar ma'aunin Nikkei na Japan kuma ta rage darajar yen. Yakuza sun rasa manyan jari a manyan ayyukan duniya, yayin da ƙungiyoyin ƙasashen waje suka fitar da su daga kasuwannin ƙwayoyi da jima'i da suka taɓa mamayewa.
A kololuwarta a shekarun 1960, yakuza sun yi iƙirarin samun fiye da membobi 184,000 a cikin ƙungiyoyi 5,000—fiye da mafiyan Italiya da Italiya-Amurka a haɗe. Bisa ga bayanan 'yan sanda, zuwa tsakiyar shekarun 1990, adadin yakuza ya ragu zuwa kusan 90,000. Ƙungiyoyi daga China, Vietnam, har ma da Rasha sun fara shiga yankin yakuza. "Ranar da Japan za ta kasance ƙarƙashin mulkin ƴan ƙungiyoyin laifuffuka na duniya," in ji mujallar Sunday Mainichi a 1992, "ba za ta yi nisa ba."
A 1995, lokacin da Nishimura ta kai shekaru 29, ta sadu da wani memba na ƙungiyar hamayya a wani liyafar cin abinci na yakuza a Gifu. Ya girme ta da shekaru 15 kuma yana cikin dangantaka. Sun fara soyayya, kuma bayan watanni shida, Nishimura ta yi ciki. Zama uwa ya canza ta kusan dare ɗaya. "Ban taɓa tunanin zan mutu don kowa ba," ta ce. "Amma lokacin da na haifi 'ya'ya, na fara tunanin zan iya mutuwa don su."
Mai son Nishimura yana kan beli lokacin da suka hadu, kuma an sake kama shi yayin da take ciki. Ba za ta iya sarrafa kotuna ba, amma ta yi wa kanta alkawari za ta bar meth har abada. Ta yanke hulɗa da abokan aikinta daga Sugino-gumi kuma ta daina zuwa wuraren da suka saba. Mahaifinta ya mutu shekaru kafin a haifi ɗanta, amma Hiroko ta zo gidan Nishimura kowace rana, tana jin daɗin jikanta na farko. Hiroko da Nishimura har ma sun tafi siyayya tare, kamar uwa da 'ya ta al'ada. Ta wata ƙaramar hanya, Nishimura ta ji, jaririn zai rama zafin da ta yi wa iyayenta.
Lokacin da mahaifin yaron ya fito daga kurkuku, shekara guda bayan an haifi ɗansa, kuma ya ƙi barin yakuza, Nishimura ta bar shi kuma ta ƙaura daga Gifu zuwa Kasugai, birni mafi kusa da Nagoya da ƙauyen da ta girma. Amma zama uwa bai ba da sha'awar laifuffuka ba, kuma shekaru da yawa, ta rubuta, "rayuwa ta tsaya cak."
Lokacin da ɗanta yana shekararsa ta ƙarshe a makarantar reno, mahaifinsa ya nemi a sake gwada dangantakar, kuma Nishimura ta yarda. Sun ƙaura zuwa wani gida tare a Gifu, kuma na ɗan lokaci abubuwa sun yi kyau. Amma Nishimura ba za ta iya riƙe ayyukan ofis ko aiki a gidan kula da tsofaffi na gida ba. Lokacin da ma'aikata suka ga zane-zanenta ko ɗan yatsanta da ya ɓace, za su sami hanyar ƙi ta.
Hannayen Nishimura. Hoton: Shoko Takayasu/The Guardian
Ta koma laifi—da farko tana gudanar da gidan tausa, sa'an nan ta sami meth a Tokyo kuma ta sayar da shi da kilo. "Na yi mamakin yadda meth ke iya zama kuɗi cikin sauƙi," ta rubuta. "Cinikin ƙwayoyi ɗaya na iya kawo riba sau da yawa fiye da aikin gaskiya na wata." Tana da shekaru 39, Nishimura ta haifi ɗanta na biyu. Ba kamar mahaifinta ba, ba ta bugi 'ya'yanta ba, amma ta yi mamakin yadda za ta iya zama mai tsauri. "Kana fahimtar dalilin wannan tsaurin," ta gaya mini. "Mahaifina ya yi daidai."
Duk wannan lokacin, Nishimura ta guji tsoffin abokan aikinta na yakuza daga Sugino-gumi. Maimakon haka, ta ɗauki matsayin matar ɗan ƙungiyar laifuffuka, tana dafa abinci da tsaftacewa ga mazan abokin zamanta a hedkwatarsu ta Gifu, duk da cewa ita ce mai samun kuɗin shiga na farko. Ita da abokin zamanta suna faɗa, ta ce, wani lokaci da tashin hankali. Bisa ga Nishimura, wani lokaci ta buge shi kuma ya mayar da martani ta hanyar jefa wuƙar girki a kanta.
Nishimura ta bar meth, amma a maimakon haka ta sha magungunan kwantar da hankali na likita, daga ƙarshe tana shan gabaɗayan takarda na kwayoyi 10 kowace rana. Ta fara sayar da meth daga gidanta, kuma 'yan sanda suka kama ta. Sun saki ta bayan kwanaki 10, bayan sun binciki gidan kuma ba su sami komai ba sai takardun jigilar kaya. Amma wata rana a 2014, lokacin da take da shekaru 48, an kwantar da Nishimura a asibiti bayan ta sha kwayoyi masu yawa da suka gurgunta ta. Ya kasance "kamar an daure ni a gado," ta rubuta.
Lokacin da aka sallame ta, ta tuntuɓi tsoffin abokanta na yakuza. Amma lokaci bai yi musu kyau ba: tsohuwar abokiyar aikin Nishimura ta kasance mai shan giya, kuma ƙungiyar ta yi fatara. Yakuza sun taɓa yin rantsuwa cewa ba za su taɓa cutar da ko karbar kuɗi daga talakawan ƙasa ba, amma yanzu sun shiga cikin irin zamba na soyayya ta yanar gizo da Nishimura ta yi imani ba su dace da su ba, ciki har da waɗanda ke kaiwa tsofaffi hari. "Alhakin yaƙi da masu zalunci da taimakon raunana," ta gaya mini, da alama ta manta da muguntar ta, "shine tushen tunanin yakuza. Idan ba haka ba...""Eh, ba na son haka." Ba da daɗewa ba, ta bar ƙungiyar har abada.
Makomar tsohuwar ƙungiyar Nishimura a Gifu ta nuna raguwar yakuza a duk Japan. Dokokin hana yakuza na 1992 sun iyakance wasu ayyukansu, amma kamfanoni da mutane har yanzu suna biyan su don karbar kuɗi ko tsoratar da wasu. Don haka a 2011, Tokyo ta hana duk wata hulɗar kuɗi da su. Ba wai kawai an yanke yakuza daga babban tushen kuɗin shiga ba, amma membobin ba za su iya siyan motoci, buɗe asusun banki, ko ma yi rijistar SIM card ba. Alƙawarin rayuwar ɗan ƙungiyar laifuffuka mai ban sha'awa ya ɓace, kuma adadinsu ya ragu sosai.
Wani labari daga 'yan shekarun nan ya nuna yadda yakuza suka faɗi. A watan Fabrairu 2020, lokacin da barkewar COVID-19 ta sa jirgin ruwan Diamond Princess ya makale a Yokohama na wata guda, membobin wata ƙungiyar yakuza na gida sun ba da shawarar tsaftace j
