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

Yakuza games have recently seen a rise in popularity thanks to their unique identity and tight gameplay elements.

Tougher laws and prefectural rules have made life increasingly difficult for yakuza gangs in Japan, leading to a gradual exodus of members over the past decade, sources said. One of the few lucky ...

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 ...

There are thought to be nearly 100,000 Yakuza members in Japan. When they enlist in individual gangs they are taken to a secret location where they are trained in hand-to-hand combat and meditation.

The Mafia Nanny creator Violet Matter details her rise to Webtoon stardom and the release of the hit crime romance's first ...

The second season of The Recruit recently came to a thunderous end. The six episodes of The Recruit Season 2 saw Noah Centineo portraying the role of Owen Hendricks.

But after three years she changed her mind and was soon sipping tea with a yakuza gangster, helping a young man in a squalid apartment and hurrying at night to a blood-soaked suicide attempt.

Michael McWhertor is a journalist with more than 17 years of experience covering video games, technology, movies, TV, and entertainment. What began as a street-level beat-’em-up gangster drama ...