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Show more Show less Some of the letters Japanese gangster Takanori Kuzuoka wrote to AFP from prison A retired Japanese yakuza crime boss. Fingers are often cut off as punishments or to ritually ...

Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend with falling ...

Yakuza Kiwami 3's supposedly leaked ending is causing a bit of a stir.

TOKYOTOKYO — A senior member of yakuza was arrested for allegedly stealing Pokemon cards near Tokyo in April, a case seen as an example of Japanese organized crime groups struggling with declining ...

The series is a live-action adaptation with an original story based on SEGA’s global hit game franchise, Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Directed by the critically acclaimed Masaharu Take, the series will ...

A missing fingertip offers a clue to Mako Nishimura's criminal past as one of Japan's few women yakuza. But after clawing her way out of the underworld, she now spends her days helping other retired ...

Japan's largest yakuza organised crime body submitted a written pledge to authorities to end its wars with splinter groups, police told AFP on Thursday. The Yamaguchi-gumi has fought bloody wars with ...

The next game in the venerable Yakuza series releases next month. There's been at least one annually for as long as I can ...

When Takanori Kuzuoka began climbing the criminal career ladder, he didn't fancy joining Japan's old-school yakuza, with their tattoos, rigid hierarchy and codes of honour. Instead he was drawn to the ...