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
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A criminal syndicate (yakuza) that broke away from the Yamaguchi-gumi
Suspect allegedly helped Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi member flee the scene of the shooting with a vehicle
Police believe the incident is connected to a feud that began after the Ninkyo Yamaguchi-gumi broke off ties with the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi last year
A window was smashed and a fire extinguisher opened at an office of the Ninkyo Yamaguchi-gumi
Photographs show Tatsumi Hishikawa, a 41-year-old member of the Yamaken-gumi, the key subordinate gang of the Kobe Yamaguchi-Yumi
Sadao Matsumoto went missing after stopping his vehicle in a parking lot in Ukyo Ward on the morning of March 27, 2013
Police found eight revolvers, 143 rounds of ammunition, gunpowder and a detonator inside the residence
Ninkyo Yamaguchi-gumi member and two other persons used takkyubin to send kakuseizai from Chiba to Aomori
Ballistics analysis revealed that one pistol found near a bus stop was used by a gunman to fire upon a vehicle containing Yuhiro Kusumoto
NPA Commissioner General said, 'We seek to weaken and destroy their organizations by quickly arresting suspects and isolating senior gang members'