Victim received a telephone call from a person claiming to be her son who said that he needed money to compensate for an embezzlement scheme
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Term used to describe Japan’s criminal syndicates and their members
Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the non-prosecution after ‘consideration of various matters’
Search was conducted over alleged demands for payment of 'protection money' from a restaurant in Ogori City
Suicide of Shinji Ishihara led police to suspect he was behind the fatal strangulation of a former taxi driver in Toshima Ward last year
Sumiyoshi-kai member is believed to have fraudulently started collecting welfare about 10 years ago
Suspect told police, 'I wanted to stab a person, anyone was fine'
Suspect is alleged to have repeatedly beaten the head of a 59-year-old boss of the Ninkyo Yamaguchi-gumi inside the parlor
Victim had been extended a loan of ¥27 million by the suspects for a gold-related business
Hyogo Prefectural Public Safety Commission labeled the gang as a boryokudan on March 22
Gang member was the target of an investigation into a dispute between rival criminal organizations that was conducted by the Shinjuku Police Station