Gang member was the target of an investigation into a dispute between rival criminal organizations that was conducted by the Shinjuku Police Station
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A truck plowed into an okonomiyaki shop affiliated with the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi in Kishiwada City last year
Police suspect the incident is connected to a turf battle between with the Ninkyo Yamaguchi-gumi over money-making activities in the area around Amagasaki Station
Suspect allegedly helped Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi member flee the scene of the shooting with a vehicle
Suspect allegedly stole a sports car valued at around ¥1 million yen from a parking lot in Fukaya City
Inagawa-kai member suspected in swindling of 5 million from an elderly woman in Iwate Prefecture last year
Police believe the victim was repeatedly beat in the head and stabbed with a knife in the left thigh
Gunman on a motorcycle approached a van at an intersection on National Route 6 and opened fire in May of last year
Top boss Yoshinori Oda and other executive of the Ninkyo Yamaguchi-gumi failed to attend a meeting to comment on the gang's possible designation as 'violent'
One defendant fatally stabbed the victim in the upper abdomen in a parking lot in Miyazaki City in August, 2016