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 organisation had been hit by rows over members’ divided loyalties toward the gang’s boss, Shinobu Tsukasa. The 73-year-old, who became Japan’s most powerful mafia don in 2005, has reportedly angered affiliated gangs by giving preferential treatment to certain members and spearheading a push into new territory far from the gang’s traditional turf. Tsukasa, who also goes by the name Kenichi Shinoda, was released from prison in...
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