That doesn’t always go well. On the afternoon of Oct. 10, in Kobe city, the police stationed in front of the offices of a yakuza group, the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi (“the Rebellion”) were on ...

The Yamaken-gumi provided the manpower while the Ikeda-gumi had the financial resources to prop up the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi. Meanwhile, the Yamaguchi-gumi has problems of its own.

In August, Japan’s largest crime group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, split into two main factions, potentially creating a gang war that may ultimately involve all 21 designated crime groups in Japan.

Almost six months after this country’s largest crime organization—the Yamaguchi-gumi, the one yakuza group that once ruled them all—was split apart by the defection of many members to a new ...

Three senior members of the Yamaguchi-gumi visited the Hyogo Prefectural police headquarters on Monday and delivered a letter to officers pledging to “end all internal fighting” and to “neve ...

The Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest crime syndicate, has apparently let bygones be bygones and allowed a rival gang that had splintered from it six years ago back into the fold. According to ...

The Yamaguchi-gumi has submitted to the police a letter pledging that the designated yakuza group will end turf battles, investigative sources said Monday. According to the sources, the document ...

Police say Japan's largest yakuza gang, the Yamaguchi-gumi, may be on the verge of splitting up. After rumors that the Yamaguchi-gumi, which is headquartered in Kobe, would be disbanding, information ...

Japan's Yamaguchi Gumi clan is said to be top of the pops when it comes to net worth. The organisation reportedly has its tentacles in a varied assortment of businesses, raking in billions of dollars.

In August, Japan’s largest crime group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, split into two main factions, potentially creating a gang war that may ultimately involve all 21 designated crime groups in Japan.

The combined number of members and quasi-members of the Yamaguchi-gumi stood at some 6,900 at the end of 2024, down from around 14,100 at the end of 2015, while the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi’s members ...