The revision is intended to crack down on the annual distribution of Halloween treats to children by the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate at the end of October. The organization has come under ...

Japan’s largest organised crime syndicate has declared a unilateral end to a bloody internal feud that spanned a decade and left at least 90 dead, a move experts say underscores the steady ...

OSAKA--The Takumi-gumi crime syndicate’s sale of its headquarters here in April was seen as another nail in the coffin of the once-influential yakuza gang. But investigators say a conundrum has ...