As Japan’s yakuza weakens, police focus ... - Associated Press News
May 18, 2024 · Police in Japan who were busy tracking thousands of yakuza members just a few years ago have set their eyes on a new threat: unorganized and loosely connected groups they believe are behind a series of crimes once dominated by yakuza.
Japanese yakuza mobster sentenced to death - BBC News
Aug 24, 2021 · A court in south-western Japan has sentenced the head of a powerful crime syndicate to death by hanging. The court in the city of Fukuoka found that Nomura Satoru, aged 74, had ordered four ...
Yakuza are in decline. A new type of criminal is emerging: tokuryu
May 19, 2024 · Unorganised and loosely connected criminals – some hired on social media – are believed to be behind a series of crimes once dominated by yakuza. As Japan’s yakuza weakens, a new type of ...
Yakuza alive, well and still kicking in Japan - Asia Times
Dec 3, 2020 · In recent years, foreign reporters in Tokyo have written about the decline of Japanese organized crime – the yakuza – owing to the passage of new anti-yakuza regulations. They’ve predicted the eventual fading away of the country’s unique criminal subculture.
Japanese yakuza mobster sentenced to death - BBC
Aug 24, 2021 · A court in south-western Japan has sentenced the head of a powerful crime syndicate to death by hanging. The court in the city of Fukuoka found that Nomura Satoru, aged 74, had ordered four ...
Japan's yakuza crime networks are shedding members as ...
Oct 18, 2021 · Yakuza membership is plummeting — the result of a decade of intensifying crackdowns targeting organized crime and the yakuza’s reach into illegal activities including drug trafficking, money...
YAKUZA - Tag - The Japan Times
3 days ago · The arrest stems from an incident in which a yakuza member allegedly cut off his own finger but reported it as an accidental injury to medical personnel in Tokyo.
Yakuza boss charged with conspiring to traffic nuclear ... - ABC News
Feb 21, 2024 · The Justice Department unsealed new charges against a leader of the notorious Japanese Yakuza gang who they accuse of attempting to traffic weapons-grade nuclear materials from Burma to other countries, according to a newly announced superseding indictment.
Japan appeals court commutes death sentence for yakuza boss to …
Mar 12, 2024 · The 77-year-old boss of a major yakuza crime syndicate was sentenced to life in prison by a Japanese high court on Tuesday, overturning a lower court decision that had imposed the death penalty on charges related to four attacks, including murder.
Death sentence overturned for Kudokai gang boss - The Japan Times
Mar 12, 2024 · A Japanese high court on Tuesday overturned a lower court ruling sentencing the head of the Kudokai crime syndicate to death over four cases of attacks on ordinary citizens. The Fukuoka High Court...