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Veteran 51-year-old soapland worker rakes in ¥3 million yen a month, shuns public transportation
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
At the top Japan's adult entertainment pyramid, elite sex workers continue to rake in massive sums
Daughter of Showa stripper recounts bestiality shows featuring yakuza members
By Kenji Nakano
Miyuki Ariga says of the world of striptease, 'It's like a cesspool for people who don't have a place in normal society'
Kanagawa flashback: Hostess concealed decapitation of live-in boyfriend for days
By Mieko Shimizu
Miki Aida told investigators that she was driven to murder over severe financial and domestic issues

12-year-old girl uses knife, antiperspirant spray in botched robbery of 86-year-old store owner in Osaka
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Suspect said, 'I wanted money'
Five accused of attempted murder after throwing singing man into Dotonbori River
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Victim was transported to a local hospital suffering from hypothermia
Chinese trio busted in Tokyo over stash of 200 fake Louis Vuitton bags
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Illicit operation involved receiving phony brand-name goods directly from China

Posts tagged as “Sumiyoshi-kai”

A criminal syndicate (yakuza) based in Tokyo

God’s gangster: Former yakuza Tatsuya Shindo preaches the gospel

Tatsuya Shindo

God’s gangster: Former yakuza Tatsuya Shindo preaches the gospel

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on September 26, 2010

Now presides over an independent church inside a converted bar in Saitama

Yamaguchi-gumi increasing operations prior to release of boss from prison

Friday Jan. 22

Yamaguchi-gumi increasing operations prior to release of boss from prison

By Amy Takahashi on January 18, 2010

Senior-level members of the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate make first shrine visit of the year