Tadamasa Goto (後藤 忠政, Gotō Tadamasa, born September 16, 1943)[1] is a retired yakuza. He was the founding head of the Goto-gumi, a Fujinomiya-based affiliate of Japan's largest yakuza syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi.[2] Goto, who has been convicted at least nine times,[2] was a prominent yakuza and at one point the most powerful crime boss in Tokyo,[3] even being dubbed the "John Gotti of Japan".[4] Goto was once claimed to have been the largest shareholder in Japan Airlines,[5] but this was disputed by stock exchange filings.[6]
He had been barred from entering the United States until 2001, when he got a special visa deal from the FBI for a life-saving liver transplant at a time of pronounced organ scarcity.[7]
Goto allegedly retired from criminal activity in 2008.[citation needed] However, the US Treasury department put him on a watchlist in December 2015 and he is still engaged in criminal activity.[citation needed][8] He is also considered [by whom?][citation needed] to be bankrolling the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi which split from the 100 year old Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest crime group, on August 27, 2015.
^The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi Complete Databook 2008 Edition : "Tadamasa Goto" (p.137–138), February 1, 2005, Mediax, ISBN 978-4-86201-358-3 (in Japanese)
^ ab"Characteristics and Tendencies of the Goto-gumi Organization (from Japanese Government Agency Files)" Japan Subculture Research Center, by Jake Adelstein
^"Ties to the Yakuza Are No Laughing Matter", 26 August 2011, Jake Adelstein, The Atlantic Wire
^"FBI helped Japanese gangster to have life-saving transplant in US", May 31, 2008, The Independent
^"First Person: ‘I don’t know if I’m still on a hit list’", June 12, 2010, The Financial Times
^According to stock exchange filings of Japan Airlines, largest shareholders of the company were as follows.
March 2003, Mizuho Corporate Bank 88,611,000 shares (4.47%)
March 2004, Tokyu Corporation 80,397,000 shares (4.05%)
March 2005, Tokyu Corporation 80,397,000 shares (4.05%)
March 2006, Tokyu Corporation 80,397,000 shares (4.05%)
March 2007, State Street Bank and Trust Company 87,700,000 shares (3.21%)
March 2008, State Street Bank and Trust Company 102,431,000 shares (3.75%)
March 2009, Japan Trustee Services Bank 136,423,000 shares (4.07%)
September 2009, Mizuho Corporate Bank 115,303,000 shares (3.45%)
January 19, 2010, Japan Airlines filed bankruptcy at Tokyo District Court.
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"Japanese gang figures got new livers at UCLA", May 30, 2008, Los Angeles Times
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