Japan is witnessing the rise of new anonymous gangs like Tokuryu, challenging the traditional Yakuza. Experts say these ...

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

Yakuza Kiwami 3 is an extreme remake of the action-adventure beat 'em up Yakuza 3 featuring ex-yakuza Kazuma Kiryu's fight to protect those he loves.

The French coder who accidentally hosted Silk Road domains and inherited a hacked exchange shares the psychological toll of ...

Publisher SEGA and developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have released a gameplay overview video of Yakuza Kiwami 3 [...] ...

"There was even a case where being part of the project helped someone gain approval for marriage from their partner’s parents ...

A retired Japanese yakuza crime boss. Fingers are often cut off as punishments or to ritually apologise for mistakes ...

Japan's traditional yakuza are being challenged by ruthless new criminal kids on the block, the "tokuryu", who often recruit naive "civilians" over social media to do their dirty work.

For Theo Cottle’s latest project, the photographer spent several weeks capturing the extraordinary discipline of the Japanese children who practice ...

Sega has remastered Yakuza Kiwami 2 on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, just in time for the impending release of Yakuza Kiwami 3.

A 59-year-old member of a yakuza gang went on trial Wednesday at the Kyoto District Court, charged with the murder of the president of major fast-food chain Gyoza no Ohsho (King of Gyoza) in Kyoto in ...

A member of a Japanese yakuza group who is accused of fatally shooting the owner of a popular Chinese dumpling restaurant chain 12 years ago has claimed he is innocent at his first court hearing.