I saw something similar. I wouldn’t be surprised if there still is some Yakuza connection remaining. There’s bound to be some rich, influential yakuza members that were like “Nintendo? Neat, i’mma join this” and got a position somewhere. If not by money, by influence.

The type of playing cards Nintendo used to produce have a high association with the gambling underground. So I presume they mean to insinuate Nintendo is associated with the Yakuza