These days it seems like we’re asked to make an account or subscribe for everything in daily life from Baskin Robbins to public television. This makes things hard for members of Japan’s many yakuza ...

Last year, a yakuza boss in western Japan sued his former mentor over the gang office. The old boss had filed papers to transfer ownership of the office to a company headed by one of his relatives.

Some series will never be able to change their protagonist. They may be able to have someone else in the lead role for a spin ...

Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour was a nice little surprise in the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, giving the new system its own little Astro's Playroom-style experience to let players learn more about ...

In February 2025, Thai authorities arrested Yamaguchi, a Japanese national and leader of the infamous Yamaguchi-gumi. Yamaguchi had been running call center scam operations based in Cambodia and ...

The meeting followed a major operation by Thai police targeting call center scam networks. In February 2025, Thai authorities arrested Yamaguchi, a Japanese national and leader of the infamous ...

Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend with falling ...

Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend ...

Former Abercrombie & Fitch boss Mike Jeffries is suffering from ... Jeffries was 80 years old when he was arrested and charged in October with running an international sex-trafficking ring.

London — One of the heads of Greenpeace U.K. was among six activists arrested Thursday after dumping red dye into a pond outside the U.S. Embassy in London, the group said. The activists were ...

London — One of the heads of Greenpeace U.K. was among six activists arrested Thursday after dumping red dye into a pond outside the U.S. Embassy in London, the group said. The activists were ...

The reason for the discrepancy in the number of people arrested was not immediately clear. Greenpeace U.K. activists pour red dye into a pond outside the U.S. embassy in London on Thursday ...