With its 15th anniversary fast approaching, Yakuza has been one of the biggest Japanese franchises in the past decade, even if it only finally found a wider audience in the West in recent years.

During the Yakuza's heyday in the 1960s, the group operated internationally and boasted more than 184,000 members, according to Japan's National Police Agency. Members of Japan’s second-largest ...

Think of Japan’s famed yakuza gangs and you might think of heavily tattooed men getting into bloody fights – the stuff of action films and video games. But last week four men were arrested in ...

Yandere is the combination of two Japanese words: yanderu, which means “sick” or “mentally ill,” and deredere, which means “lovestruck.” These types of anime characters portray ...

Discover the decadence and danger of 1988 Japan. Yakuza 0 makes its Nintendo Switch 2 debut with a brand-new Director’s Cut! The year is 1988. As Japan finds itself at the height of its bubble ...

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii has finally launched, introducing a brand new addition to the series of real-time combat-focused spin-off titles. It sees one of the series' most iconic ...

To be a Like a Dragon fan is to be a gamer spoiled for choice. Since 2005, the franchise (formerly known as Yakuza), has seen nine mainline entries and 14 spin-offs, making it Sega’s long ...

It stars Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma Kiryu, an orphaned youth who joins the Tojo yakuza clan with dreams of earning the title of Dragon of Dojima. Like a Dragon’s story is loosely based on the ...

Below, find out when to stream Like a Dragon: Yakuza online and the episode release schedule for season one. Created by Sean Crouch and Yugo Nakamura, Like a Dragon: Yakuza, which is in Japanese ...

Players who preorder either the Yakuza 0 Standard or Classic Edition will get an extra bonus in the form of a commemorative slipcase. The slipcase holds all seven Standard Editions. There is a ...

Hell has frozen over. The famously violent Yakuza series is coming to the Nintendo Switch. Yakuza Kiwami, a remake of the very first game in the franchise, releases for the console on October 24 ...