Police and the public safety commissions of Tokyo and Saitama prefectures held hearings for the Kokusui-kai underworld group Tuesday regarding provisional orders imposed earlier this month prohibiting the gang from using its offices.
The provisional orders came in the wake of a series of shootings in the group’s strife with Yamaguchi-gumi.
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