The Tokyo Reporter

Yakuza executive accused of trafficking woman to Cambodia for scam ring

Okayama police have arrested a senior member of a yakuza syndicate and an accomplice for allegedly trafficking a woman to ...

‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza

Mako Nishimura fought her way into the Japanese underworld, but drug addiction and the slow demise of organised crime gangs almost destroyed her ...
The Tokyo Reporter

Sumiyoshi-kai yakuza accused of orchestrating ¥200 million fraud ring targeting elderly

Tokyo police have arrested two men, including a member of a gang affiliated with the Sumiyoshi-kai, for allegedly defrauding ...
NDTV

Japan's Woman Yakuza Claws Her Way Out Of Underworld, Helps Gangsters

A missing fingertip offers a clue to Mako Nishimura's criminal past as one of Japan's few women yakuza. But after clawing her way out of the underworld, she now spends her days helping other retired ...
Digital Journal

‘We don’t hit women’: How Yakuza differs from GTA

Masayoshi Yokoyama is one of the main designers of hugely successful 'Yakuza' games - Copyright AFP Richard A. Brooks Masayoshi Yokoyama is one of the main designers ...
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Rare woman yakuza on path to redemption in Japan

GIFU - A missing fingertip offers a clue to Mako Nishimura's criminal past as one of Japan's few women yakuza. But after clawing her way out of the underworld, she now spends her days helping other ...