KITA-KYUSHU--Once Japan’s most feared yakuza gang, Kudo-kai based here ... a system that obliged business operators to erect signs barring gang members from entering commercial facilities ...

Japan’s largest Yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing ...

The armed conflict, often erupting on public streets in cities across central and western Japan, has put pressure on authorities to toughen restrictions on the gangs. “Yakuza” is a blanket ...

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 ...