Kishiwada City enacted legislation in 2015 to target removal of gang members from Danjiri Matsuri
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Gang members entering the HQ were strip-searched
Suspects also face drug charges
Criminal syndicates to be banned from participation and being utilized for operations
Suspects allegedly displayed their colorful irezumi tattoos such that they could be visible to other bathers
Upper-level members of Matsuba-kai to form new gang
Suspect told victim she needed to pay a 'location fee'
Sanja Matsuri regularly attracts more than 1.5 million revelers each year
Suspects allegedly filed fake document in changing the status of construction company from limited liability to public
Former members of Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi allowed to return without punishment