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YAKUZA 0

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jul 20, 2016
Tai Kato: The too-often neglected samurai- and ganster-movie master
Tai Kato (1916-85) has long ranked high on critics' lists as a neglected director, and the neglect continues, especially overseas.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 13, 2016
Yakuza among 11 nabbed by Niigata police over ¥1.8 billion single-day nationwide ATM heist
Police in Niigata Prefecture said Tuesday they have arrested 11 men, including a gangster, in connection with thefts of ¥1.8 billion ($17.3 million) from cash machines across Japan on a single day in mid-May.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 8, 2016
Two men indicted for allegedly intimidating lay judges in yakuza trial
Prosecutors indicted two men Friday on suspicion of intimidating lay judges during the trial of a senior member of a yakuza crime syndicate in the first such charges since Japan's lay judge system was introduced in 2009.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 6, 2016
Prosecutors seek to halt yakuza trial after intimidation of lay judges
A trial involving a senior member of a crime syndicate may be halted after two men are held for menacing lay judges.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2016
Two men arrested for allegedly intimidating lay judges in yakuza trial
Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of approaching lay judges during the trial of a senior member of a crime syndicate, the first such arrests since Japan's lay judge system was introduced in 2009.
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 / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jun 4, 2016
Legal reform may start rooting out gangsters
Lawmakers in the Diet approved reform to the country's criminal justice system last month, mandating the recording of police interrogations in certain circumstances, revamping the existing wiretap law and introducing a plea bargain system for the first time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Apr 2, 2016
The drug problem that keeps getting older
Former pro baseball player Kazuhiro Kiyohara was released from police custody on ¥5 million bail last month following his arrest and subsequent indictment for alleged possession and use of stimulant drugs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2016
Ohsho learned of shady transactions one month before president was slain: panel
A third-party panel that has been investigating a possible connection between the Kyoto-based Ohsho gyoza (dumpling) restaurant chain and a yakuza syndicate Tuesday released a report revealing the firm had been involved in improper transactions in the 1990s totaling some ¥26 billion.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 17, 2016
Ex-baseball star Kiyohara freed on ¥5 million bail
Former pro baseball player Kazuhiro Kiyohara was released on ¥5 million bail on Thursday following his arrest last month and subsequent indictment for alleged drug possession and use.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 4, 2016
Police on high alert as violence escalates between rival yakuza gangs
It's like a mob movie.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 12, 2016
Four arrested over possession of 100 kg of stimulant drugs
Four people have been arrested on suspicion of possessing about 100 kilograms of stimulant drugs on a ferry in Kagoshima Prefecture, police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2016
Retired slugger Kiyohara refuses to divulge drug source, admits injecting, smoking stimulant: police
Former professional baseball player Kazuhiro Kiyohara, who was arrested Tuesday night for possessing kakuseizai stimulants, has said he has no intention of revealing the source of the drug, police said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2016
Yakuza member arrested over 3-year-old's death
A 20-year-old member of a yakuza syndicate, who was arrested in Tokyo on Wednesday over the death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son, is believed to have previously abused the boy, police said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jan 23, 2016
As the new year kicks in, so do popular game updates
Nintendo thinks outside the box, again
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 Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 19, 2015
Gangs, girl power and getting old: Japan's magazines ring out 2015
A roundup of the final weekly magazines of 2015 finds many preoccupied with the split within the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza group.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 13, 2015
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 Saturday.
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 Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Nov 11, 2015
Yomiuri Giants gambling scandal is a strike for baseball's governing body
A scandal involving Yomiuri Giants pitchers who bet on matches is heaping criticism, too, on Nippon Professional Baseball for its handling of the affair.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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