Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the monolithic corporation that controls all electric power in Greater Tokyo, and runs the Fukushima Daichii nuclear plant that experienced a triple meltdown ...

Fans recently learned a lot about the upcoming Mafia: The Old Country, and its pricing furthers two contrasting patterns across the industry. Yakuza 0's prequel story makes it approachable for ...

The ranks of the yakuza criminal networks in Japan are dwindling because of government intervention. What does life look like for defectors? One man opened a noodle shop, but had to win over nearby ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Mafia Wars: Yakuza The award-winning Mafia Wars franchise explodes in Japan with an all-out war to control Tokyo! Outcast from society, the Yakuza must ...

Shinya Yuyama is a former member of the yakuza in Japan. He says he was arrested 11 times, as a juvenile and adult, and has served eight years in prison. He says he joined the mob when he was 18 and ...

One acting agency is supporting former mobsters who want to make efforts to turn their lives around. The "Yakuza" is the name given to organized crime groups in Japan. Similar to the mafia, these ...

GREE is a popular, but not quite Mixi level social network in Japan that is only for mobile phone users. Earlier this year, GREE announced they were expanding into games. Square Enix released ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

Tendo, the daughter of a yakuza (mob) boss, grew up in 1970s and '80s Japan, living through the booms and busts of life on the wrong side of the law. Her first published work, Shoko uses unpracticed ...

SAN DIEGO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Japanese actor Ryoma Takeuchi believes that video game fans will find a special connection to the new television series “Like a Dragon: Yakuza.” The series, based on the ...