Membership is the lowest since statistics began being kept in 1958
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Yamaguchi-gumi member allegedly beat victim in the head
Suspect allegedly passed mobile phone to fellow gang member on wanted list
Satoru Nomura ordered Kudo-kai underling to stab a clinic nurse in 2013
Matsuba-kai member allegedly blackmailed victim into paying ¥50,000
Police seized personal computers and customer registers
Defendants accused of raising 11,000 plants last year
Officer informed gang member on when persons would be released from custody
Law mandates gang offices must be more than 200 meters from schools
Defendant shot and killed a Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi member at an apartment building last year