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A member of Japan’s yakuza crime group was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a New York court on Tuesday after being convicted of trafficking nuclear material as well as drugs and weapons. Takeshi ...

A man who federal prosecutors say runs a notorious Japanese organized crime syndicate pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials to Iran and U.S. weapons abandoned in ...

Tokyo (CNN) — 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 ...

A Japanese national who federal authorities say is a key figure in Japan’s organized crime group, known as Yakuza, pleaded guilty Wednesday in New York to conspiring to traffic in weapons-grade ...

A leader of the Japanese organized crime syndicate yakuza pleaded guilty in New York federal court to trafficking nuclear materials, prosecutors said. Takeshi Ebisawa also pleaded guilty to ...

The Japanese mafia, commonly known as the Yakuza, has fascinated both the media and the organized crime buffs for years. The group – comprising hard-boiled criminals affiliated with different ...

From secret assassinations to all out gang war in the streets! Today we're going inside the secret world of Japan's deadlist criminal organization, the yakuza! Find out some of the craziest crimes ...

A yakuza boss convicted of three murders was executed by Japanese authorities Friday, a rare case of a member of the Japanese mafia receiving the death penalty. Tsutomu Takamizawa was the former ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yakuza members display their tattoos during the second day of the Sanja Matsuri Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 14, ...