This is also one of the ways the yakuza recruits or gains positive responses from the people:

Of course, with the pancakes, militias were handing out QR codes with directions on how to join the militia.

This is how militias in the U.S. recruit now: They go to disasters, when the government isn’t there yet, and win favor with locals.

The ideology comes later. pic.twitter.com/pXl6QN8rlv

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 29, 2022