In the original Cowboy Bebop, Spike used to belong to the Red Dragon crime syndicate who were lead by a trio of elders dressed like Qing Dynasty emperors, named Wang Long, Sou Long & Ping Long. They are totally unambiguously Chinese. To confuse them for Yakuza is REALLY IGNORANT. 
https://twitter.com/axl99/status/1461859620352237568
Of course Cowboy Bebop has Japanese influences. Spike is based on Yusaku Matsuda and Vicious is based on Goemon from Lupin III. But it's so clear that the Red Dragon are a Chinese triad inspired organization. And Hong Kong cinema is such a huge influence on the series in general!
This reminds me of when they made the Hollywood DBZ liveaction film, the costume designer said Goku's clothes would be authentically Japanese. Which makes no sense because Dragon Ball is "as Chinese as could be" in Toriyama Akira's own words!
https://twitter.com/Richmond_Lee/status/1362804262707728385?t=U89kd4xfLmZB5HQ8A53wOQ&s=19
Throughout Asia it's super obvious that Goku is based off of Son Wukong, the monkey king, one of the most famous Chinese icons in history (Son Goku is literally just the Japanese name for Son Wukong)
https://twitter.com/Richmond_Lee/status/1095621996501643266?t=zcs1j5K3wyyMAwyge9PP4Q&s=19
The only time Goku ever wears Japanese clothing is when he beats up Shu and steals his clothes haha
Coming back to this thread. I really shouldn't be commenting on this without having seen the live action Bebop myself. I trust Jessie's opinion, she knows what she's talking about, but I really should confirm stuff for myself before making strong statements like this.
I just piled on without much thought and zero real experience. That was irresponsible of me.
I gotta take a break from Twitter 😅
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