Members of Japan’s second-largest family within its organised crime syndicate have fallen foul of the law — but not in a way most people outside of Japan would expect. Four members of the ...

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 were arrested in Tokyo ...

The first woman to be flagged by police as a member of Japan’s yakuza crime syndicates has retired from the criminal ...

The shadowy underworld of Japan's Edo Period sets the stage for the rise of the Yakuza, Japan's most notorious brotherhood of gangsters. From the intertwining paths of peddlers and gamblers, to the ...

Yakuza tattoos aren’t just designs - they carry deep meaning, history, and risk. This video explores the symbols, traditions, ...