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 ...

The World War II Battle of Okinawa left an estimated 240,000 people killed or missing — and 80 years later, their bones are still being unearthed by dedicated volunteers. Japan’s southernmost ...

Yakuza games feature immersive world design with locations like the Morning Glory Orphanage in Okinawa. Kamurocho series ...

In Okinawa, a down-and-out middle-aged yakuza underling named Shidara kidnaps and confines a high school girl named Yui, the daughter of a fellow yakuza’s mistress. Movies in the "Perfect ...

About: “In December 2012, Kazuma Kiryu left his past as a “”legendary yakuza”” and his place of peace in Okinawa. He now spends his days as a cab driver in a corner of Fukuoka’s red ...