Tokyo braces for gang war after biggest yakuza syndicate splinters

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago

Finding a mob hangout in Tokyo requires little more than a telephone book. The city's richest crime group has an office tucked off the back streets of the Ginza shopping district. A brass nameplate on the door helpfully identifies the Sumiyoshi-kai, but the men inside are reluctant to discuss a potentially deadly split in the yakuza ranks.

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