ββIn the past, the yakuza were intimately involved in the procurement and selling of stimulant drugs, but the situation has changed in recent years.β Another man involved in drug smuggling said, “Organized crime groups take a cut in the form of commissions. That is why we do not let them in. There are many Japanese besides the yakuza who deal in drugs.”One man who runs a legal business during the day, but has a drug business which he operates on the side at night, said he buys Ecstacy made in the Netherlands and Myanmar (Burma) from a Chinese drug dealer and sells them to homemakers in Japan.