Think of Japan’s famed yakuza gangs and you might think of heavily tattooed men getting into bloody fights – the stuff of action films and video games. But last week four men were arrested in Tokyo ...

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is evolving into the "Japanese version of the FBI" in its approach to a rise of ...

Four members of Japan 's notorious Yakuza crime syndicate have been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to operate near a ...

During the Yakuza's heyday in the 1960s, the group operated internationally and boasted more than 184,000 members, according ...

Police said they would be “closely monitoring the movements of both groups” as the declaration to end the turf war may be one-sided. Membership to yakuza groups across Japan has been in ...

According to police, Fukuoka Prefecture recorded just 980 yakuza members at the end of 2024—the first time the number has ...

The National Police Agency (NPA) even lists the business addresses of some yakuza organizations on their website; for instance, the Sumiyoshi-kai’s main office is located in Tokyo’s upscale ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Think of Japan’s famed yakuza gangs and you might think of heavily tattooed men getting into bloody fights – the stuff of action films and video games. But last week four men ...