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• These are signs of affiliation to the yakuza – Japan’s notorious criminal syndicates.
• Typically a woman involved with the yakuza might be an anesan, a boss’ wife who takes care of young affiliates and mediates between them and her husband.
• But she went one step further – Nishimura is the only woman who has ever partaken in the sakazuki ceremony of exchanging sake cups.

Joining the gang

• Her memories revolve around her authoritarian father and the bamboo stick he would use to discipline her.
• Her life took a turn when one night she received a call: her friend was in a fight and needed help.
• She joined alongside a cohort of male recruits, performing daily tasks, and eventually taking part in the group’s criminal activities.

Master of finger cutting

• As an affiliate, she ran prostitution and drugs businesses, collected debts and mediated disputes between rival groups.
• When she cut off her own little finger to apologise for a collective mistake in a ritual known as yubitsume, she realised she had a knack for it.
• Members who could not go through with the amputation themselves would ask Nishimura to do it for them, garnering her the nickname of “master of finger cutting”.
• She rejoined her old group, but meth had changed the boss that she adored, and in two years she left for good.

Life after crime

• She found a job in the demolition business and a modest home where she now lives alone.
• She lives a quiet life, trying to be accepted by the community and to help others.
• Her story redefines the boundaries of gender roles and allegiance in the brutal world of Japanese organised crime – a unique journey of identity and belonging.

Martina Baradel receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101029138.

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• DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centric Consulting, an international business and technology consulting firm, announced today that it has acquired The Mako Group , a leading cyber risk management firm.
• This move allows the company to offer clients a holistic suite of services, combining cyber risk management with existing business and technology services.
• Founded in 2010, The Mako Group is a trusted provider of cybersecurity management, including strategy, governance risk and compliance, audit and assurance, penetration testing, virtual chief informational security officer (vCISO) support, and identity access management across industries.
• Over the last seven years, The Mako Group and Centric have partnered successfully on multiple client projects.

• Through the partnership, X10 Technologies will deliver the Mako System to Canadian business clients, including grocery stores, petrol stations and brick-and-mortar retailers.
• The Mako System is a PCI-certified, cloud-managed and carrier-independent secure networking platform that allows distributed enterprises to easily create secure, high-performance business networks.
• Partnering with X10 is an important part of Mako Networks' global expansion strategy through partnerships with global telecommunications brands and leading in-country integrators.
• "X10 Technologies' specialization in larger, complex networks is the perfect fit for the Mako System," said Todd Vojta, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Mako Networks.