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When Takanori Kuzuoka began climbing the criminal career ladder, he didn't fancy joining Japan's old-school yakuza, with ...

The once powerful yakuza, feared for their ferocity, are dwindling in numbers. And their crimes are now as frivolous as stealing Pokémon cards.

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I have spent most of the past 15 years in the dark side of the rising sun. Until three years ago, I was a crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest newspaper, and covered a roster of ...

Japanese crime lords have apparently been sending members of The View gifts in the post. The Dundonian group were banned from the country after frontman Kyle Falconer was convicted of cocaine ...

A yakuza boss convicted of three murders was executed by Japanese authorities Friday, a rare case of a member of the Japanese mafia receiving the death penalty. Tsutomu Takamizawa was the former ...

Since entering the video game market in the 1970s, Nintendo has maintained a very family-friendly image. Between manufacturing some of the 1980s most exciting arcade games to branching off into ...

TOKYO -- Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture Police have become the first in Japan to offer cash rewards to anyone who reports finding a hand grenade (or "pineapples" in yakuza slang) starting today, April 2.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's banking industry body will step up its efforts to stop illegal transactions with organized crime syndicates, an industry official said, in response to a scandal over loans to ...

Alexander Abad-Santos is a former writer for The Wire.