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Japan's Yakuza Are in Decline — But They're Going Down Fighting
Societal changes, gang infighting, and reduced tolerance has eroded the power of Japan's famous crime syndicates. But their downturn has also unleashed an outpouring of violence.
A Yakuza War Is Brewing in Japan — And the Police Are Taking Sides
Japan’s largest organized crime group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, has officially split, creating the potential for a gang war on a scale unseen in Japan for decades.
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