Comments on: Yamaguchi-gumi increasing operations prior to release of boss from prison

By: Yamaguchi-gumi member linked to Shimada rings in New Year at Kobe shrine | The Tokyo Reporter - "All the News That's Fit to Squint"

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:52:17 +0000

[...] January 8, 2012 Just after 12:10 a.m. on January 1, five upper-level members of the Yamaguchi-gumi criminal syndicate, including top boss Shinobu Tsukasa, 69, arrived at Gokoku Shrine, located near the gang’s headquarters in Hyogo Prefecture, for their first visit of the year, a practice known as hatsumode. [...]

By: Yakuza gangsters looking to feast on Tohoku construction pie | The Tokyo Reporter - "All the News That's Fit to Squint"

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:36:50 +0000

[...] is the base for Kodo-kai, an affiliate of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest criminal organization. The Aichi [...]

By: Yakuza bust: Expansion of anti-gang legislation may give unwanted results | The Tokyo Reporter - "All the News That's Fit to Squint"

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:42:01 +0000

[...] push, gangsters in Tokyo are preparing for pending legislation that will crack down upon their traditional rackets — a development that may provide citizens with more than they bargained for, reports weekly [...]

By: Sumo world’s connection to mob begins in university | The Tokyo Reporter - News, Features, and Photography from Tokyo

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:28:36 +0000

[...] from the university level. “A senior level member of Kudo-kai, which is a subsidiary of the Yamaguchi-gumi, happens to like and support one particular wrestler,” explains a person from within the sumo [...]