Gangs affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi ... Tomohiko Suzuki, a journalist who specializes in yakuza organizations, said Yamaguchi-gumi’s order “may be intended to furnish its senior members ...

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.

a local Japanese government agency that operates a necessarily confidential helpline for those have fallen victim of the Yakuza, Japan’s legendary organized crime gang often called the Japanese ...

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.

NEW DELHI: A senior member of the infamous Japanese yakuza gang was arrested in April for allegedly stealing Pokémon cards near Tokyo. This case highlights the challenges Japanese organized crime ...

(Editor's note: The following article originally appeared in conjunction with the Asia Society film series Gamblers, Gangsters, and Other Anti-Heroes: The Japanese Yakuza Movie, a retrospective of ...

Thai police have arrested a Japanese yakuza boss on the run for 15 years after pictures of his tattoos went viral on Facebook. Shigeharu Shirai is accused of murdering a gang rival in 2003.

Released from prison, Jiro joins the notorious Yoshimizu Yakuza family as a member. Not long after however, he sets out to form his own Yakuza clan in Osaka. This sparks a bloody territory war ...

Yakuza gangs were active during this time period too, so despite its much earlier presence it could easily be about the Japanese underworld. The main family in the Yakuza / Like a Dragon series ...

Also known as the Wolves of the City series, Tatsuo Umemiya starred as the leader of a motorcycle youth gang called the Capones in seventeen between 1968 and 1974.

Unfortunately for the Yakuza 6 protagonist, his stay in Onomichi won’t be as peaceful as gangs and other unsavory criminal elements are also aware of his previous reputation. While these are all ...