Set in the economic boom period of late-’80s Japan, Yakuza 0 alternates between series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu and his ...

From secret assassinations to all out gang war in the streets! Today we're going inside the secret world of Japan's deadlist ...

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 with falling ...

Show more Show less Some of the letters Japanese gangster Takanori Kuzuoka wrote to AFP from prison A retired Japanese yakuza crime boss. Fingers are often cut off as punishments or to ritually ...

Today - March 12, 2025 - marks the tenth anniversary of Yakuza 0's initial PS4 release in Japan. Ok, so it didn't drop worldwide until 2017, which is why you might be a bit confused right now, but ...

Yakuza Kiwami 2 plays pretty well on Nintendo Switch 2, and being able to take Kiryu’s adventure on the go is a big bonus.

TOKYO — Today on October 1st, both here in Tokyo and in Okinawa, the boryokudan haijojorei (暴力団排除条例) or organized crime exclusionary laws, go into effect, thus making all of Japan a lot less yakuza ...

A missing fingertip offers a clue to Mako Nishimura's criminal past as one of Japan's few women yakuza. But after clawing her way out of the underworld, she now spends her days helping other retired ...