A former yakuza member who retired in his 70s and was formerly in charge of a gang office saw that the younger generation increasingly did not want to live a life of crime. Affiliated gangs ...

There are thought to be nearly 100,000 Yakuza members in Japan. When they enlist in individual gangs they are taken to a secret location where they are trained in hand-to-hand combat and meditation.

A former gangster who left the yakuza underworld several years ago ... had banned racketeering on the back of a gang, many members suddenly found themselves hard up for cash.

The TL;DR is, courtesy of Wikipedia, that the mafiosa-like Yakuza once had an estimated 184,000 members across Japan, but now is thought to have slightly over 10,000. However, the yakuza is known ...

Shinya Yuyama is a former member of the yakuza in Japan. He says he was arrested 11 times, as a juvenile and adult, and has served eight years in prison. He says he joined the mob when he was 18 ...

The suspect of the Amagasaki case carried an automatic rifle. Japan's largest yakuza group The Yamaguchi-gumi was founded in 1915 in Hyogo prefecture, western Japan. It expanded significantly from ...

The show will initially tell the origin story of Yakuza member Kazuma Kiryu – the lead ... plus just about everything to do with games since the late 80s. Prior to T3, he spent 13 years at ...