The Yakuza/Like a Dragon Phenomenon. I f you’ve ever played a Yakuza game—now officially called Like a Dragon in the West—you know it’s far more than just another gritty crime story. Sure ...

A novel depicting yakuza gangster life by a Japanese author has won a prestigious British award for crime fiction.

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a member of a criminal syndicate over the alleged blackmailing of a man in Shinjuku ...

With “The Night of Baba Yaga,” Akira Otani is the first Japanese writer to win the Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Award ...

Going all the way back to Yakuza 0 feels like watching EastEnders from the very first episode. Kiryu Kazama's epic crime ...

Japan’s largest Yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend ...

Membership in yakuza gangs hit an all-time low of 18,800 by the end of last year, ... Yakuza numbers fall below 20,000 as new crime groups emerge By DAICHI ITAKURA/ Staff Writer. April ...

A Japanese novelist on Thursday became her country's first to win a major British award for crime and mystery writing, ...

Japan’s largest Yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like ...

“Yakuza” is a blanket term for Japan’s organized crime groups, which sit in a gray area in the country. Though they are not outlawed, the groups are regulated and monitored by authorities.