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There’s gangsters, and then there’s the yakuza. Japan’s organised criminals make the Mafia look like amateurs in comparison. Described by academics as being some of “the most sophisticated and wealthiest criminal organisations” in the world, yakuza syndicates like the Yamaguchi-gumi and the Sumiyoshi-kai are particularly fearsome, with their own unique rituals, code of honour, and intense brutality. Needless to say, yakuza bosses (known as oyabun, or family heads) aren’t the kind of guys you want to mess around. They demand nothing but the absolute best – and that holds true fo...

Chiba police have arrested five persons, including a yakuza, over the alleged dumping of a corpse in Inzai City last year

Man arrested on suspicion of arson and attempted murder of disabled wife Feb. 6 06:00 am JST Feb. 6 | 06:40 am JST OSAKA Police in Osaka have arrested a 71-year-old man on suspicion of arson and attempting to kill his disabled 67-year-old wife. According to police, Toru Tokuno set fire to his two-story home in Sumiyoshi Ward early Wednesday morning while his wife was in bed, Sankei Shimbun reported. However, Tokuno’s wife woke up and managed to call 119. Unable to walk, she waited for help. Firefighters were able to get to her in time before the blaze reached the second f...

Asakura: Following Japanese Tattoo Master Horikazu December 21, 2020 | in Photography "Asakusa" is Ronin de Goede's visual diary of the time he spent following Horikazu, the traditional Japanese tattoo master in Tokyo. "In 2011, Ronin knocked on the door of the renowned tattooist Horikazu shodai. Hoping to meet the great man himself, he was dismayed to hear from Horikazu’s wife that he was terminally ill and couldn’t receive visitors. A shout stalled his dejected trudge away from the house: Horikazu’s wife had called her son, who had already despatched a black Mercedes Jeep that arrived...

Osaka opens facility for severe COVID-19 patients with SDF support Dec. 15, 2020 09:02 pm JST Dec. 23, 2020 | 12:06 am JST OSAKA The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below. © KYODO ©2021 GPlusMedia Inc. Dec. 15, 2020 04:52 pm JST While the SDF should be applauded for their help, in reality many of the soldiers and leadership are doing this reluctantly, annoyed that they are being called in to bail out what they currently see as a preventable emergency th...