Yamaguchi-gumi stood at the top with 10,300 members at the end of the year
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Boss of an affiliate gang of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi suffered a broken nose in the attack
Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the non-prosecution after ‘consideration of various matters’
Search was conducted over alleged demands for payment of 'protection money' from a restaurant in Ogori City
Dog belonging to a boss of a gang affiliated with the Dojin-kai bit the 38-year-old head patrol officer on the right buttocks in February
Suicide of Shinji Ishihara led police to suspect he was behind the fatal strangulation of a former taxi driver in Toshima Ward last year
Sumiyoshi-kai member is believed to have fraudulently started collecting welfare about 10 years ago
Suspect told police, 'I wanted to stab a person, anyone was fine'
Suspect is alleged to have repeatedly beaten the head of a 59-year-old boss of the Ninkyo Yamaguchi-gumi inside the parlor
Victim had been extended a loan of ¥27 million by the suspects for a gold-related business