The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

Anti-gang laws and lower profits have made yakuza membership less appealing to younger Japanese. Tokyo Metropolitan Police last week arrested an executive of the Takinogawa gang, a faction of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Tokyo: A senior member of yakuza was arrested for allegedly stealing Pokémon cards near Tokyo in April, a case seen as an example ...

Yakuza director Masayoshi Yokoyama has said in a new interview that Yakuza isn't trying to depict authentic Japanese crime syndicates, but rather focus on real human emotions, and specifically ...