Police in Fukuoka Prefecture are distributing a manga booklet that aims to steer schoolchildren away from choosing to become a yakuza as a career path.

The southern prefecture is a hotbed of organized crime. It is home to the headquarters of five yakuza syndicates, which law enforcement agencies rate as among the most dangerous.

Last month, the Fukuoka Prefectural Police distributed copies of an anti-yakuza manga brochure to about 780 public libraries and junior high and high schools across the prefecture.