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Japanese mobsters’ Web site has anti-drug message

Japan’s biggest organized crime syndicate has launched its own Web site, complete with a corporate song and a strong anti-drugs message, as the yakuza looks to turn around its outdated image and...

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Japanese police raid yakuza offices as split raises fears of gang violence

Japanese police raided the offices of a recently formed splinter group of the country’s biggest yakuza crime syndicate on Wednesday, following fears the rift will spark bloody inter-gang violence....

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Sorry kids, trick-or-treat cancelled: Japan’s yakuza mob cancels Halloween...

Japan’s largest “yakuza” crime syndicate has cancelled its annual Halloween trick-or-treat event with a grovelling apology to children hoping to score a fistful of sweets. A recent high-profile split...

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Yakuza gang cancels children's Halloween event for fear of violence

Repeat of 1980s mob bloodshed feared after high-profile split in Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest crime syndicate...

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Yakuza gang boss ‘bludgeoned to death’

A gang boss in Japan's Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza syndicate was bludgeoned to death on Sunday, according to reports. Tatsuyuki Hishida's wife and fellow...

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Tokyo braces for gang war after biggest yakuza syndicate splinters

Finding a mob hangout in Tokyo requires little more than a telephone book. The city’s richest crime group has an office tucked off the back streets of the Ginza shopping district. A brass nameplate on...

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Japan police urge vigilance against 'yakuza' gang violence

Japanese police called Wednesday for nationwide vigilance against possible gang violence following a rift in the largest "yakuza" organized crime syndicate. The warning came from the National Police...

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Japanese gang war feared as largest yakuza syndicate splits

Rebel gangsters from Japan’s biggest organised crime group have formed a breakaway group, in a rare schism that police have warned could lead to violent conflict between rival mobs....

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Japan's largest yakuza syndicate splits amid fear of gang war

Thousands of Yamaguchi-gumi members form new crime organisation at weekend after being kicked out for disloyalty...

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Yakuza rift leads to Japanese gang violence warning

A rift has emerged in Japan’s largest yakuza organized crime syndicate, the government said on Friday, with police warning that the split could lead to a wave of gang violence. Like the Italian mafia...

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Japan's police on alert in wake of reported yakuza group split

Japan’s largest yakuza group, or crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, marks its 100th year in business in 2015, but the group’s future looks to be in doubt following two meetings this week in the...

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The Coming Yakuza War

The biggest Yakuza group is celebrating its 100th year in operation, but it’s splitting into factions that may soon go after each other with bloody consequences. TOKYO — This year should have been a...

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Japan's yakuza mob cancels Halloween trick-or-treat

Japan's largest "yakuza" crime syndicate has cancelled its annual Halloween trick-or-treat event with a grovelling apology to children hoping to score a fistful of candies. A recent high-profile split...

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Japan braces for gang violence after split of biggest yakuza group

Police in Japan are bracing for an outbreak of gang violence after reports that the Yamaguchi-gumi – the country’s biggest crime syndicate – is about to split. Japanese media reports said the...

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The yakuza: Inside Japan's murky criminal underworld

Tokyo (CNN)Last month, Japan's largest crime group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, split into two main factions, potentially creating a gang war that may ultimately involve all 21 designated crime groups in...

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Split emerges in Japan's biggest 'yakuza' gang

A rift has emerged in Japan's largest "yakuza" organised crime syndicate, the government has said, with police warning that the split could lead to a wave of gang violence. Like the Italian Mafia and...

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Japan's yakuza crime group split spikes gang war fears

When news broke that Japan's most powerful yakuza crime syndicate - the Kobe-based Yamaguchi-gumi - was about to split into two groups, police departments around the country braced themselves for the...

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Police raid splinter ‘yakuza’ crime group’s HQ

TOKYO: Japanese police raided the offices of a recently formed splinter group of the country’s biggest yakuza crime syndicate on Wednesday, following fears the rift will spark bloody inter-gang...

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Criminal gang violence expected to happen in Japan

A wave of gang violence is expected to happen in Japan, police say, as a rift has emerged in the country's largest "Yakuza" organized crime syndicate. At least 10 factions of the Yamaguchi-gumi gang...

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Japanese police bracing for gang war as Yamaguchi-gumi mafia group splits

Reports Japan’s biggest crime syndicate is about split with potential outbreak of violence between breakaway group and those loyal to leader Tsukasa...

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