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 with falling ...

Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza gang, which has nearly 3,300 members as of 2024, is reportedly the largest and wealthiest organised crime groups in Japan ...

Those official figures show the number of active members of the Yamaguchi-gumi gang have almost halved since 2014 - falling from 6,000 then to just 3,300 at the end of last year. The Kobe ...