Satoru Nomura, 74, the head of the Kudo-kai gang, is on trial for four separate incidents at the Fukuoka District Court. On Jan. 14, the Fukuoka District Public Prosecutors Office asked the court ...

KITA-KYUSHU--It sounds like a cliched movie plot, citizens living in fear of a yakuza gang and banding together with law enforcement to drive out gangsters and restore normalcy. But that's the ...

One year after the events of Yakuza 3, a resurgent gang war brings together a group of hardened fighters and killers as violence fills the streets of Tokyo. This quartet stumbles across a power ...

The once secretive and terrifying “yakuza” gangs have been featured in many fictional mobster tales in Hollywood and Japanese cinema alike. But in reality the allure of making it and living ...

You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics. Fans of Yakuza enjoyed the "insider's view" of life from the perspective of Japan's infamous gangsters. The series offers a slightly ...

Released from prison, Jiro joins the notorious Yoshimizu Yakuza family as a member. Not long after however, he sets out to form his own Yakuza clan in Osaka. This sparks a bloody territory war ...

Thai police have arrested a Japanese yakuza boss on the run for 15 years after pictures of his tattoos went viral on Facebook. Shigeharu Shirai is accused of murdering a gang rival in 2003.

It expanded significantly from the late 1950s to the early '70s, becoming the most powerful yakuza gang in Japan. The year 2005 proved to be a pivotal one for the group, as two new leaders took ...

A senior member of the infamous Japanese yakuza gang was arrested for allegedly stealing Pokemon cards near Tokyo in April. The case has been seen as an example of Japanese crime groups struggling ...

According to France's Le Monde, it's surprising to see a gang member, let alone a leader, arrested for petty theft in Japan, especially given the yakuza's historical association with more serious ...

The Justice Department unsealed new charges against a leader of the notorious Japanese Yakuza gang who they accuse of attempting to traffic weapons-grade nuclear materials from Burma to other ...

Japan’s traditional mafia organisation, the yakuza, has become almost respectable, leaving space for more violent Chinese gangs to muscle in on their turf.