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

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

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

Yakuza Fiancé is a manga written and illustrated by Asuka Konishi that was adapted into an anime in October 2024. Anime fans ...

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

A Tokyo court rejected on Monday a damages claim by the husband of Seiko Noda, a ruling party lawmaker who aspired to be ...

The yakuza began as con artists and illegal bookmakers from the lowest social classes in the 1600s and developed into one of the most deadly and wealthy organised crime syndicates in the world.

LONDON—Akira Otani’s gangland thriller centered around two women is the first Japanese work to win the translation division ...

Grand Theft Auto 3 actor Michael Madsen has passed away at the age of 67. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Madsen's ...

The Yakuza/Like a Dragon Phenomenon If 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 police investigation into alleged organised crime activity in Japan has uncovered what experts say could be signs of cooperation between a domestic yakuza faction and Hong Kong’s 14K triad ...