The following is information pulled from an independant newsletter diseminated by Dr. Harold Schweizer, Criminology Department at CSU Fresno. To see the entire newsletter, down the file here. June 2010 CSUF Criminology Newsletter.pdf (1.03 mb)
Japanese businesses who cooperate with police and agree to deny service to gang members or members of organized crime, are given a decal that indicates their cooperation and which they place at the entrance of their business. Japanese police also have significant flexibility in their investigations involving organized crime. A relative recently recognized a photo of a Boryokudan robbery suspect shown in a TV newscast as a customer of his business. He called police and detectives came by and presented him with some delicious pastries to show their appreciation. 
This blue decal on the entrance door to a business in Kurokawa, Japan shows the Japanese police logo and states that it assists police by not allowing gang (Boryokudan) members to frequent the business. Such gang members are typically identifiable based on tattoos and hair/clothing styles.*
*There are apparently no civil rights Lawyers in Japan.
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