Use precise geolocation data. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Store and/or access information on a ...

While exploring rural Japan, I found what looked like a dream gone wrong: an abandoned Vector supercar. Whispers around the ...

SEGA's Ryu ga Gotoku/Yakuza/Like A Dragon (pick your favorite name) series is coming up on its 20th anniversary this year, ...

8. Yakuza social activities. When Japan was hit by a tsunami in 2011, the Yakuza were among the first organizations to arrive at the location and provide assistance to the tsunami victims. Previously, ...

Toshihiro Nagoshi, a former producer of Sega’s popular “Yakuza” (Like a Dragon) series, launched his own studio with funding from a Chinese company in 2021. He told Diamond his expectations ...

As Japan’s yakuza weakens, a new type of criminal emerges: tokuryu. By Mari Yamaguchi. May 19, 2024 — 11.29am. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for ...

Yakuza is an umbrella term used to describe organised crime syndicates in Japan involved in racketeering, prostitution, gambling, fraud, drug trafficking and other criminal activity.

Losing is nothing new for Japan’s iconic gangsters, the yakuza. For over a decade, they have been suffering one defeat after another. As late as the 1990s, yakuza numbered around 100,000.

What does the Japanese mafia and the country's population forecast have in common? They're both shrinking and ageing at an astonishing rate. In the latest figures out this week, births in Japan ...

Even for the yakuza, every penny counts. On April 26, Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested Keita Saito, a kanbu, or executive, of the Takinogawa gang, a branch of the Sumiyoshi-kai, Japan's second ...

Originally released as a PlayStation 2 game in 2005, Yakuza (Ryu ga Gotoku in Japan) spawned a lengthy and beloved video game series that follows the many conflicts and schemes of yakuza families ...