Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi recently revealed Gang of Dragon, a game that looks like Yakuza and Grand Theft Auto getting ...

When Takanori Kuzuoka began climbing the criminal career ladder, he didn't fancy joining Japan's old-school yakuza, with their tattoos, rigid hierarchy and codes of honour. Instead he was drawn to 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 ...

While the yakuza used to pride themselves on not preying on the poor and weak, the tokuryu have no such scruples. They make much of their millions from conning Japan's ageing population, while the ...

Tokyo (CNN) — 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. Tokyo (CNN) — Think of Japan’s ...