Yakuza have long occupied a particular place in Japanese society. Technically not illegal, each group even has its own ...

Yakuza members show off their tattoos at a Shinto festival in Tokyo - Jiangang Wang The American journalist Jake Adelstein has spent decades in Japan exposing the secrets of organised crime gangs.

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 honor. Instead he was drawn to the ...

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

Japan`s yakuza face a new threat: tokuryu. Learn how these tech-savvy criminals use online scams & fleeting alliances to dominate the underworld. Click to explore the changing face of crime!

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A district judge in Japan sentenced a top boss in the country's notorious organized crime group, referred to as the Yakuza, to death on Tuesday, a punishment believed to be the first of its kind for ...

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 ...

The Like a Dragon series – known for most of its life as the Yakuza series – has just had its latest release, the elegantly titled Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. But as you may ...