In California, the yakuza have made alliances with local Korean gangs as well as Chinese triads and Vietnamese gangs. The yakuza identified these gangs as useful partners due to the constant stream of Vietnamese cafe shoot-outs and home invasion …

2025年1月14日 · yakuza, Japanese gangsters, members of what are formally called bōryokudan (“violence groups”), or Mafia -like criminal organizations. In Japan and elsewhere, especially in the West, the term yakuza can be used to refer to individual gangsters or criminals as well as to their organized groups and to Japanese organized crime in general.

雅庫扎 （ヤクザ Yakuza），又稱 極道 （日语： 極道／ごくどう Gokudō），指 日本 社会裡從事 暴力 或 有组织犯罪 活动的人士或团体。 “雅庫扎”这一俗稱來自日本紙牌遊戲 花札 （玩法一說是「おいちょかぶ」）的一個最壞組合「八九三」（ヤクザ），或說是指鄉里仲裁糾紛的單位「役座」（ヤクザ）而來（因江湖人士總處於糾紛之中）。 通常 日本政府 和 日本警察 將其指為 暴力團。 日本政府又公告了 指定暴力团， 華人 熟知的 山口組 是其中之一。 ^ Submission, Internal. …

2019年7月16日 · They are famous figures in Japanese movies and comic books - the yakuza, sinister gangsters with elaborate tattoos and severed little fingers. What is the historical reality behind the manga icon, though? The yakuza originated during the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603 - 1868) with two separate groups of outcasts.

The yakuza is six times the size of the Italian Mafia and is considerably larger than the Mafia in the United States. Across Japan, almost 83,000 gangsters operate in 22 crime syndicates, according to police data, that contribute to a mob-controlled economy worth an estimated 20 trillion yen ($242 billion) a year.

The Yakuza, often referred to as the Japanese mafia, is a syndicate made up of various organized crime groups. Known for their strict code of conduct, elaborate tattoos, and sometimes even their semi-legitimized presence in Japanese society, they are both feared and respected.

2025年1月29日 · 1 Motto, Symbols, and History 1.1 Motto. The motto for the Yakuza is “help the weak, fight the strong.” 1.2 Yakuza History. The existence of the Yakuza goes back around 300 years. The origins start with two groups, the tekiya (village peddlers) and bakuto (gamblers). These two groups combined into the foundation of the Yakuza.

A Japanese organized crime group known as yakuza has been in existence for more than 300 years; the group can be traced back to as early as 1612 when group members began to attract the attention of local officials due to their odd clothing, haircuts, and behavior.

2022年1月6日 · The Yakuza originated from Kabuki-mono, stray gangs of masterless samurai, who eventually evolved into Bakuto, gamblers, and Tekiya, nomadic merchant peddlers. They grew to have loyal organizations with feudal hierarchies that exhibited control over black markets.

2018年12月16日 · As criminal gangs go, yakuza are genteel, especially compared to the Italian mafia. The yakuza typically don’t get involved in theft, armed robbery, or other street crimes. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, they owned office buildings, their own business cards, and even fan magazines.