High-ranking yakuza officer arrested for stealing Pokemon cards

Tokyo police arrested a yakuza lieutenant for his role in a December 2022 office break-in that netted stolen Pokemon cards. Key points: ...

US arrests Japanese Yakuza boss over missile sales to Myanmar rebels

Japanese Yakuza leader Takeshi Ebisawa was arrested alongside co-conspirators for plotting drug distribution and purchasing U.S. surface-to...

Suspected Yakuza member attacks ‘Battle Royale’ star Beat Takeshi with a pickaxe after begging for a start in showbiz

Veteran Japanese actor Takeshi Kitano, also known as Beat Takeshi, was recently attacked inside of his car by a disgruntled fan with a picka...

Japanese court sentences yakuza boss to death for the first time in history

A court in Japan issued a historic ruling by sentencing a Yakuza boss to death on Aug. 24 for his alleged involvement in four assaults, whic...

Japanese Yakuza Not Allowed to Give Children Halloween Candy, Government Says

The Japanese government has found a way to ostracize the yakuza underworld groups further by banning their members from giving out candies t...

Yakuza Member Who Ran $724,000 Scam Ar‌re‌s‌ted in Thai Airport

A member of the biggest yakuza organization Yamaguchi-gumi was ar‌r‌es‌t‌ed at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport last week as he attempted to b...

Japanese Yakuza Now Makes as Much Money Poaching Sea Cucumbers as They Do Selling Meth

Members of the infamous Yakuza syndicate are reportedly branching out to non-traditional criminal pursuits. While there are still those who ...

Nintendo Wouldn’t Exist Today Without the Japanese Yakuza

Every company has a secret to their success, and Nintendo is no exception; their secret, however, is a dark and fascinating one — the ...

Japanese Cop Falls in Love With Yakuza Member She Arrested

A Japanese policewoman who fell in love with a yakuza member she arrested found out that starting a relationship with a gang member is a rec...

Why Japan’s Yakuza Members Cut Off Their Fingers as Punishment

Losing a finger is probably the last thing anyone would accept as a risk for joining some organization. The practice, however, is common for...

Jared Leto is Apparently Japanese Enough to Be Yakuza in New Netflix Movie

Netflix released a new trailer for its upcoming crime thriller “The Outsider”, starring Jared Leto as a former American soldier who joins th...

Why Japan’s Notorious Yakuza Gangs Are Disappearing

Authorities reported that members of the yakuza — Japan’s infamous collective of organized criminal gangs — have decreased for t...