Japan's yakuza head released

KOBE, Japan - Kenichi Shinoda (C), the head of Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest crime syndicate, arrives at the head office of the group in Kobe, after being released from prison in Tokyo on April 9, 2011. Shinoda, who was arrested in 1997 on suspicion of being involved in the possession of a gun by a member of his yakuza gang, served time since December 2005. (Kyodo)

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