A man in his 30s, a former yakuza, dropped by to see Yukako Fukushima, 41, a prosthetics maker, to tell her some good news.

"I got a job thanks to you," said the man, who was wearing a pinkie Fukushima had made for him.

Fukushima helps people who have left the underworld as an employee of Kawamura Gishi Co., based in Kita Ward, Osaka.