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.

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.

This man said he grew up poor in eastern Japan and had dropped out of high school when he decided to join a gang. “I’ll make a name for myself in ‘gokudo’ (the yakuza world),” he said he ...

A senior member of the infamous Japanese yakuza gang was arrested for allegedly stealing Pokemon cards near Tokyo in April. The case has been seen as an example of Japanese crime groups struggling ...

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 ...

According to France's Le Monde, it's surprising to see a gang member, let alone a leader, arrested for petty theft in Japan, especially given the yakuza's historical association with more serious ...

Yakuza’ is a Japanese action drama show that centers around Kazuma Kiryu’s story, told in a dual timeline almost a decade apart. As an older teenager in 1995, Kazuma accidentally leads his friends ...

Set primarily in Hawaii, a far cry from its usual urban Japanese settings ... money and soon realizes that the heads of two main Yakuza gangs, the Omi and the Tojo, plan to disband their ...

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