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KOBE YAMAGUCHI

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 3, 2020
Man held for allegedly shooting at home belonging to deputy leader of Japan's largest yakuza group
Police on Sunday arrested a man for allegedly firing several shots with a handgun at a home belonging to the second-in-command of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the nation's largest yakuza group, in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Feb 1, 2020
What's in a name? For the yakuza, quite a lot
The Yamaguchi-gumi is one of the most feared crime syndicates in Japan and yet its name may become a relic of the past in 2020 if recent reports are to be believed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 7, 2020
Two warring yakuza groups to face stronger crackdowns
The public safety commissions in six prefectures designated them Tuesday as “crime syndicates at war” in an effort to weaken them and stop their escalating battles.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2019
Leader of Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi splinter group arrested over August shooting amid feud in syndicate
A leader of a splinter group of Japan's largest crime syndicate was arrested Tuesday for allegedly shooting a member of the parent group amid a gang feud in Kobe in August, police said.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Dec 2, 2017
Life as a gangster in Japan just isn't as fun as it used to be
A number of theories have been put forward on the reasons behind the 2015 split of the country's largest crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Nov 4, 2017
Japan's crime syndicates are shooting themselves in the foot
Japan's organized crime syndicates appear to be embroiled in something of a power struggle.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Sep 30, 2017
Gangsters prefer to do things by the book
Japan's gangsters esteem tradition and prefer to do things by the book. As a result, they appear to love manuals — they have manuals for committing certain crimes as well as guides on how to avoid punishment for carrying out those crimes. Lately, however, gangsters don't appear to be paying as much attention to the manuals as they used to.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Sep 3, 2016
One year on, gang splinter is tough to explain
More than a year has passed since the country's largest crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, split into two. More than a dozen gangs defected from the Yamaguchi-gumi on Aug. 27, 2015, to form the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi, headed by Kunio Inoue, as a rival syndicate and, even now, the reasons for the breakup remain unclear.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 6, 2016
Okayama police arrest Kodo-kai member in connection with fatal shooting
The Okayama Prefectural Police have arrested a member of a crime syndicate in connection with the recent fatal shooting of Tadashi Takagi, a senior member of the Ikeda-gumi faction of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 1, 2016
Senior yakuza gunned down in Okayama parking lot
Police in the city of Okayama were on alert Wednesday after the deadly shooting of a senior member of a branch of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate.
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 / Crime & Legal
Apr 12, 2016
Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza to get fast-track mob designation amid growing violence
Amid intensifying violence between rival yakuza factions, the National Policy Agency plans to label a new splinter faction a crime syndicate.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 4, 2016
Police on high alert as violence escalates between rival yakuza gangs
It's like a mob movie.
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
Sep 8, 2015
Yamaguchi-gumi splinter syndicate declares its launch
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
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Sep 5, 2015
Gang split may end with a whimper, not a bang
A detective who specialized in organized crime once told me a dark joke: What type of crime occurs when a member of the yakuza kills another gangster? Answer: destruction of property.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2015
Yakuza syndicate raided over illegal dumping of toxic waste
Police raided the headquarters of Japan's largest yakuza syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, on Tuesday after 14 workers at a waste disposal plant in Kobe became sick.
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