Japan has seen a surge in desperate young people committing ‘yami baito’ – small-time crimes as part-time jobs.

These astonishing photographs give an unprecedented glimpse inside the world of the Yakuza, the Japanese organised crime syndicates, known for their brutality, tattoos and strict code of honour ...

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The group had up to about 1,500 scouts nationwide, and its annual revenue is believed to have reached about ¥5 billion.

It has been 30 years since Japan started a sweeping clampdown on organized crime, which thinned the ranks of the yakuza across Japan and caused many gangsters just like this man to rethink their ways.

A former yakuza member who retired in his 70s and was formerly in charge of a gang office saw that the younger generation increasingly did not want to live a life of crime. Affiliated gangs ...

The director, Paul Schrader, one of the most singular and obsessive auteurs America has ever produced, did not grow up loving ...

According to the department’s division dealing with “yakuza” crime syndicates, Natural began its activities mainly in Tokyo’s Kabukicho nightlife district around 2009. The group had up to ...