Crime syndicate members fell below 20,000 in 2016, Japan's police agency says
The number dropped as gang groups struggle to secure financing amid stronger police crackdowns and a growing civil movement to eliminate them, a report showed.
DNA at site of Kyoto restaurant owner's murder linked to Kyushu yakuza member
Investigators probing the December 2013 murder of Ohsho gyoza (dumpling) restaurant chain president in Kyoto found that DNA detected from articles left behind at the site belonged to a man who is a member of a yakuza syndicate based in Kyushu, investigative sources said ...
The Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi, a new group that split from Japan's largest crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, has issued a document declaring its launch, investigative sources said The document criticizes Kenichi Shinoda, head of the Yamaguchi-gumi, saying his egoism is extreme, the sources said Monday. The splinter group ...
The number of people belonging to yakuza groups in Japan has declined to its lowest level since the anti-organized crime law took effect in 1992, a national police survey showed Thursday. The survey, carried out by the National Police Agency, revealed that there were approximately ...
