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TADAMASA GOTO

Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Apr 30, 2016
Can police successfully keep a lid on gang violence?
When the Kobe-based Yamaguchi-gumi broke up in August last year, many expected a turf war to erupt as the country's largest crime syndicate battled for territorial control against a newly formed group called the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi that was founded by expelled gangsters in the aftermath of the split.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jan 2, 2016
Looking for a bit of light in the fight against crime
Do you ever get the feeling that you're trapped in Harold Ramis' 1993 movie "Groundhog Day," except that you're an investigative journalist, not a weatherman, and the nemesis that keeps popping up isn't a rodent but a crime syndicate boss? Maybe it's just me.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2015
U.S. blacklists ex-yakuza living in Cambodia over Yamaguchi-gumi money laundering
The U.S. government designated a Japanese former gang leader as subject to economic sanctions Wednesday, alleging his ongoing involvement in money laundering for the country's largest crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Oct 5, 2013
Has business blackballed the yakuza? Don't bank on it
The Financial Services Agency (FSA) publicly spanked Mizuho Bank last month by slapping it with a "business improvement order" for letting Japan's organized crime groups use its facilities. At least $2 million in illegal transactions were cited.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Aug 3, 2013
Is new yakuza journal good news for Japan?
If you're a well-connected Japanese gangster, you now have your own newspaper to keep you abreast of underworld life. Another perk of the job.

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