A former yakuza boss was found to have transferred assets ... pay her compensation because they represent the gang. In the trial, the Tokyo High Court concluded that a leader of an organized ...

Officers from the Kanda Police Station in Tokyo call on store operators to stop paying protection money to yakuza and cut ties with gangs operating around JR Kanda Station in the capital’s ...

Japan is having a cultural moment, but demand and deals are centered on regions where the series were hits. By Gavin J Blair Between the tens of millions of tourists visiting and the soft power ...

Tokyo Vice producer Alex Boden talked about next steps for inbound production in Japan, including the need to expand the crew base, during his MPA/DHU/TIFFCOM masterclass at Tokyo International ...

Tokyo Vice' producer Alex Boden reveals how Japan's new tax incentives and production infrastructure are drawing Hollywood to ...

Still, sometimes it takes an outsider to see the obvious. This was the case with the battle menu for the upcoming Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and the results are quite amusing. Back in June ...

Oyabun is a Japanese word that means “boss.” It’s the title conferred on the patriarch (or head) of a crime family. This is true of both the real-life yakuza and its fictional counterpart in ...

A large-scale tea ceremony where even those who aren’t familiar with the custom are welcome to participate. The event will be held at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum on Saturday ...

Unwind a 10 billion yen conspiracy in Tokyo's red-light district, fueled by your fists and unyielding resolve that will make you a legend. The Yakuza series is coming to Nintendo Switch™ for the ...

28, she suddenly interrupted their own ceremony when she realized that all 145 guests were also standing. "I was so nervous and trying so hard to be present and be in the moment so I was doing ...

If you ask someone like me, who's really into the Yakuza/Like A Dragon games, why you should play the Yakuza/Like A Dragon games, fairly early on in the process there's a good chance they'll end ...

Alex Boden, producer of Max/Wowow series “Tokyo Vice,” outlined the hurdles and triumphs of filming the first U.S. studio streamer series shot entirely in Japan during a keynote at the Tokyo ...