Local 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...
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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...
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