It has been 30 years since Japan started a sweeping clampdown on organized crime, which thinned the ranks of the yakuza across Japan and caused many gangsters just like this man to rethink their ways.

Why are the yakuza tolerated? For decades, many Japanese clung to a romantic myth that the crime syndicates with their intricate hierarchies, pseudo-familial relationships and codes of honour ...

It's because of the association between tattoos and a mafia-like group called the yakuza - which has operated in Japan for hundreds of years. "Some people see them as a necessary evil and other ...

The graying of the Japanese population is striking all sectors of society, and even organized crime isn't immune. As of the end of 2019, 51.2 percent of the nation's 14,400 or so yakuza members ...

The story follows the leader of a yakuza syndicate who is killed in Japan. His only heir, a baby, is sent to Brazil. Twenty ...

Tokyo Metropolitan Police last week arrested an executive of the Takinogawa gang, a faction of Japan's second-most powerful organized crime syndicate — the Sumiyoshi-kai. His alleged crime?

Writer Peter Lyon explores the automotive likes and dislikes present in the dark underground that is the Yakuza - Japan's version of a particularly ruthless mob. Lyon explores the automotive likes ...

This myth was partly self-serving, since some of the producers of the classic yakuza film were not always a million miles removed from organized crime themselves. Like many American gangsters, ...

Originally released as a PlayStation 2 game in 2005, Yakuza (Ryu ga Gotoku in Japan) spawned a lengthy ... the Chinese Saio Triad and the Korean Jingweon Mafia, are looking to make their moves ...

Sega's organized crime epic blends high-stakes drama with ... Infinite Wealth is one of 2024’s essential RPG experiences This remake of a Yakuza spin-off is the best samurai game that you ...

His alleged crime? Police accuse him of stealing Pokémon cards. Yakuza are members of organized crime syndicates, the Japanese equivalents of gangsters or mafiosos. Membership peaked in the 1960s ...