His alleged crime? Police accuse him of stealing Pokémon cards. Yakuza are members of organized crime syndicates, the Japanese equivalents of gangsters or mafiosos. Membership peaked in the 1960s ...

(Editor's note: The following article originally appeared in conjunction with the Asia Society film series Gamblers, Gangsters, and Other Anti-Heroes: The Japanese Yakuza Movie, a retrospective of ...

there was widely expressed concern over how it would capture the unique tone of Sega’s long-running and beloved game series set in the world of Japanese organized crime. You may have heard there ...

it’s clearly something to do with organized crime. However, the specifics aren’t exactly easy to tease out, no matter how many times gokudo is repeated. Related: What Yakuza Game Is Prime ...

Yakuza is directly tied to organized crime, this hanko is decidedly less pedestrian than most! Like a Dragon: Yakuza Season 1 Episodes 1-3 are currently streaming on Prime Video. Episodes 4-6 ...