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Osaka association offering gangster research services busted for fraud

By Kenji Nakano • May 17, 2012

Association was attempting to profit from recently passed anti-gang legislation

Yakuza gangs and cops continue battle for Fukuoka

By Kenji Nakano • May 7, 2012

Shooting of ex-detective latest in long line of conflicts

Man threatens to protest Tokyo Sky Tree site with right-wing truck

By CJ • April 24, 2012

Suspect allegedly claimed a right-wing van would cause a disturbance on tower’s opening day in May

NPA: Number of yakuza members drops sharply in 2011

By CJ • March 16, 2012

Total number of gangsters falls, anti-gang laws making impact

How to spot a yakuza front company

By Amy Takahashi • March 7, 2012

Legislation prohibits ordinary citizens from assisting criminal organizations

Owner of yakuza-affiliated Nishi Azabu playpen issued arrest warrant for fake property registration

By CJ • March 6, 2012

Luxury apartment building in the Nishi Azabu district of Tokyo target of probe

Body of alleged shooter in Denny’s murder found in Chiba, suicide likely

By CJ • February 16, 2012

Chiba prefectural police today discovered the body of suspected murderer Tomio Ishikawa with a gunshot wound to the head inside a vehicle in Kujukuri Koseki district.

Police release photo of suspect in gangster shooting at Denny’s in Chiba

By CJ • February 14, 2012

Former gangster suspected of shooting and killing another former gangster at Denny’s

Suspected gang members involved in shooting at Denny’s in Chiba

By CJ • February 13, 2012

Police currently investigating whether organized crime was involved in a shooting at a Denny’s in Chiba

Gangster arrested in Osaka for smuggling stimulant drugs from Shanghai

By CJ • February 9, 2012

Osaka Customs and the Osaka Harbor Police Department announced on Wednesday the arrest of two men for violating the stimulants control law.