organizations which inherited and developed its ideology. It also set the stage for the post-World War II ties between right-wing politicians and yakuza organized crime syndicates. Although modern yakuza share many of Gen'yōsha's political and social philosophies, and although many of Gen'yōsha's members were drawn from yakuza ranks, the Gen'yōsha was primarily a political organization that often used criminal means to attain its goals, and was not a yakuza itself, as some authors have claimed. See also Black Dragon Society References Notes External links Politics of the Empire of Japan Japanese militarism 1879 establishments in Japan Meiji Restoration Japanese secret societies Secret societies related to organized crime Far-right politics in Japan Pan-Asianism