In the early years of PRIDE, things were officially run by president Naoto Morishita, but in the background was Hiromichi ...

He lives by himself in an Osaka apartment with a monthly rent of about 30,000 yen ($284). Having joined a gang as a teenager, the man spent more than 50 years as a yakuza. He has changed gangs a ...

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 ...

Originally released as a PlayStation 2 game in 2005, Yakuza (Ryu ga Gotoku in Japan) spawned a lengthy and beloved video game ...

This is fitting, as many Japanese games have worked in the rivalry between its Kanto and Kansai regions, with Tokyo and Osaka as their specific representatives. The Yakuza/LAD games were no ...

Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii features a stellar lineup of voice actors who bring its vibrant characters to life with ...