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Tokyo Metropolitan Police last week arrested an executive of the Takinogawa gang, a faction of Japan's second-most powerful organized crime syndicate — the Sumiyoshi-kai. His alleged crime?

It has been 30 years since Japan started a sweeping clampdown on organized crime, which thinned the ranks of the yakuza across Japan and caused many gangsters just like this man to rethink their ways.

He discusses the initiation ceremonies and rules of membership as well as the ties the yakuza has to other crime groups, such as the triads and Russian organized crime. Since leaving the yakuza ...

“Yakuza” is a blanket term for Japan’s organized crime groups, which sit in a gray area in the country. Though they are not outlawed, the groups are regulated and monitored by authoritie ...

The graying of the Japanese population is striking all sectors of society, and even organized crime isn't immune. As of the end of 2019, 51.2 percent of the nation's 14,400 or so yakuza members ...

The biggest yakuza crime syndicate in Japan has promised to put an end to its long-running conflict with a rival gang and ...

Yamadai is the third generation Tamba group leader, a man who stands at the top of Japan's largest Yakuza organization. In Yakuza society, he rules as an absolute figure who should not be touched.

Discover the decadence and danger of 1988 Japan. Yakuza 0 makes its Nintendo Switch 2 debut with a brand-new Director’s Cut! The year is 1988. As Japan finds itself at the height of its bubble ...