CHIKUZEN, Fukuoka Prefecture—A community here has turned ... was built in this town on the southern main island of Kyushu. Its steel frame skeleton, rectangular lumber and bamboo hold straw ...
KITA-KYUSHU--Once Japan’s most feared yakuza gang, Kudo-kai based here in Fukuoka Prefecture now exists mostly in name only. Its leader is in prison, the group’s ranks are depleted and those ...