Japanese police set up unit to stop yakuza ‘war’
Japanese police on Monday set up a special unit to oversee efforts to stem what they are describing as a full-fledged “war” between rival organised crime groups, media reported. Officers have made a...
View ArticleJapanese police set up unit to stop Yakuza gangsters ‘war’
Japanese police have set up a special unit to counter what it calls a full-fledged war between the rival organized crime groups in the country. Police launched a series of attacks against the country’s...
View ArticlePolice beef up yakuza feud probe
Jiji Press TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The National Police Agency set up a headquarters on Monday to respond to the escalating conflict between Yamaguchi-gumi, the biggest yakuza crime syndicate designated...
View ArticlePolice must do utmost to secure citizens’ safety amid yakuza conflict
The Yomiuri ShimbunThere must not be any incident in which citizens get embroiled in a conflict between yakuza crime syndicates. The police must do their utmost to ensure citizens’ safety. There have...
View ArticlePolice on high alert as violence escalates between rival yakuza gangs
Cars and trucks are crashing into the buildings of the nation's largest yakuza crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, and its splinter group the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi, putting police on high alert. On...
View ArticleJapan’s biggest Yakuza leader in danger of tax evasion charges as rival...
A recent split in Japan’s biggest yakuza crime syndicate may have put its top leader at serious risk of tax evasion charges like those that toppled Chicago mobster Al Capone, experts said on Tuesday....
View ArticleHard times for Japan’s yakuza gangsters
HIMEJI: A decade after retiring from a life of crime, Satoru Takegaki now spends his days helping other ex-gangsters find regular jobs and adjust to life outside Japan’s notorious yakuza mob. The...
View ArticlePolice chiefs meet over Yamaguchi-gumi break-up
The Yomiuri Shimbun The Yamaguchi-gumi, the nation’s largest crime syndicate, has split after 13 of its 72 factions were expelled, according to Hyogo prefectural police sources. The National Police...
View ArticleTreasury Department Further Targets the Yakuza (US Department of the Treasury)
(Source: US Department of the Treasury) Treasury Department Further Targets the Yakuza 4/21/2015 Action Targets Kodo-kai Clan and its Chairman WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office...
View ArticleJapan: Yakuza Crime Gang Launches Website
Japan's biggest organised criminal gang has launched its own website to boost its ailing membership. Numbers are down so the country's largest yakuza syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, has also written a...
View ArticleMobsters launch own website
TOKYO: Japan’s biggest organised crime syndicate has launched its own website, complete with corporate song and a strong anti-drugs message, as the yakuza looks to turn around its outdated image and...
View ArticleJapan's biggest organised crime syndicate launches its own website in...
Japanese tattoo artists- Hori Hiro shows off a rare form of tattoo favoured by the Japanese mafia and done with only bamboo sticks. Photo: Eddie Jim Tokyo: Japan's biggest organised crime syndicate has...
View ArticleJapanese mobsters launch own website
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View ArticleYamaguchi-gumi yakuza membership decreases by 40%
Jiji Press TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest government-designated yakuza group in Japan that split up in August last year, had a total membership of about 6,000 at the end of 2015,...
View ArticleJapan's Yakuza Cancels Halloween
On Halloween, Japan’s largest organized crime group used to allow children to extort mobsters. But the event was called off this year due to a possible gang war. TOKYO — It’s been over a month since...
View ArticleNew-look yakuza tries to become the friendly face of Japan
Japan’s largest organised crime syndicate has launched a website in an apparent bid to reverse its declining fortunes. Instead of guns, molls and mayhem, the site is festooned with pictures of cheery...
View ArticleMembership of Japan's yakuza crime gangs falls to all-time low
Police say number of people in organised crime syndicates fell below 60,000 for first time on record last year...
View ArticleExplosion in gang violence expected in Japan after break-up of notorious...
The Japanese police force is bracing itself for an onslaught of violence following the break-up of one of the country’s most infamous gangs. The Yamaguchi-gumi, which previously had over 23,000 members...
View ArticleSplit in Japan’s largest yakuza outfit triggers fear of Tokyo turf war
Finding a mob hangout in Tokyo requires little more than a telephone book. The city’s richest crime group has an office tucked away off the back streets of Ginza shopping district. A bronze nameplate...
View ArticleLocal Gang Cancels Its Halloween Celebration In Kobe, Japan
Children in Kobe, Japan, won't receive trick-or-treating candy from the local mob this year. In a sign posted outside its headquarters and tweeted by Japanese news outlet Sankei Shimbun on Oct. 21, the...
View ArticleJapanese police urge public vigilance as they brace for violent fallout from...
Japanese police on Wednesday called for nationwide vigilance against possible gang violence following a rift in the largest “yakuza” organised crime syndicate. The warning came from the National Police...
View ArticleYakuza boss Shinobu Tsukasa was expected to retire this year but now finds...
Shinobu Tsukasa is missing the top portion of the little finger on his left hand, the traditional, self-inflicted wound that is the badge - often worn with honour - of a member of one of Japan's...
View ArticleMembership shrinks to 6,000 in Japan’s largest yakuza syndicate
(From Asahi Shimbun) The number of Yamaguchi-gumi members plummeted to around 6,000 from 10,300 in late 2014 following the breakup of Japan’s largest...
View ArticleJapanese 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...
View ArticleCriminal 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...
View ArticlePolice 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...
View ArticleJapan'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...
View ArticleSplit 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleJapan 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...
View ArticleJapan'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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleJapan'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...
View ArticleYakuza 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...
View ArticleJapan'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...
View ArticleJapanese 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....
View ArticleJapan 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...
View ArticleTokyo 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...
View ArticleYakuza 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...
View ArticleYakuza 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...
View ArticleSorry 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...
View ArticleJapanese 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....
View ArticleJapanese 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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