But last week four men were arrested in Tokyo for a more mundane crime - operating a yakuza office too close to a library. The suspects, ages 55 to 77, “conspired” to operate an office from ...

Tokyo (CNN) — 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 ...

In Tokyo, yakuza offices cannot operate within 200 meters of schools, child welfare centers, community halls, museums, probation offices and family courts – as well as libraries. Advertisement ...

In a case that might sound more bureaucratic than bloody, four men aged 55 to 77 have been arrested in Tokyo for running a yakuza office within 200 meters of a library. While the yakuza — Japan ...

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested five men, including a senior member of the Sumiyoshi-kai yakuza ...

Belgian photographer Anton Kusters spent two years with a feared Yakuza crime family in Tokyo and was given intimate access to their secretive, and often violent, inner circle. The yakuza began as ...

Four members of Japan 's notorious Yakuza crime syndicate have been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to operate near a public library. They are part of the Sumiyoshi-kai union, which is part of the ...

Originally released as a PlayStation 2 game in 2005, Yakuza (Ryu ga Gotoku in Japan) spawned a lengthy and beloved video game ...