Battle between major Japanese gangster syndicates

Battle between major Japanese gangster syndicates

TOKYO, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - File photo taken on April 18, 1985, shows a pistol and bullets confiscated by police who were investigating a fierce battle between Japan's two largest underground gangster syndicates -- Yamaguchi-gumi and Ichiwa-kai -- in the 1980s.

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