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Yamaguchi-gumi "yakuza" syndicate head Taoka

Undated photo taken at an unknown location shows Kazuo Taoka. He headed the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest "yakuza" crime syndicate, from 1946 to 1981.

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Signboard and logo KUMAGAI GUMI CO.,LTD.

Signboard and logo KUMAGAI GUMI CO.,LTD.. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan

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Signboard and logo KUMAGAI GUMI CO.,LTD.

Signboard and logo KUMAGAI GUMI CO.,LTD.. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan

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Exterior of KUMAGAI GUMI CO.,LTD.

Exterior of KUMAGAI GUMI CO.,LTD.. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan

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Signboard and logo KUMAGAI GUMI CO.,LTD.

Signboard and logo KUMAGAI GUMI CO.,LTD.. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan

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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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Fierce battle between major Japanese underground syndicates

KOBE, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - A bullet hole (arrow mark) is seen on the front window of a vehicle ridden by members of the Ichiwa-kai underground gangster syndicate in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 14, 1985. A shooter belonging to Ichiwa-kai's rival, Yamaguchi-gumi, opened fire at the vehicle when it was parked at a crossing in the western Japan city earlier in the day.

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Major Japanese underground syndicate

CHITOSE, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - Kazuo Nakanishi (front) and Saizo Kishimoto (back), both senior members of the Yamaguchi-gumi underground gangster syndicate, have their bodies checked by riot police officers upon their arrival at Chitose airport in Chitose on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on April 18, 1985.

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Fierce battle between major Japanese underground syndicates

YAWATA, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - Police investigators search a residence of the leader of a group affiliated with the Ichiwa-kai underground gangster syndicate in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 14, 1985, following a shooting incident blamed on Ichiwa-kai's rival, Yamaguchi-gumi, that left two affiliate group members injured.

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Fierce battle between major Japanese underground syndicates

OSAKA, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - Riot police officers confront members of the Yamaguchi-gumi underground gangster syndicate to keep them at bay from Osaka Police Hospital in the western Japan city on Jan. 26, 1985. The syndicate's leader Masahisa Takenaka was admitted to the hospital earlier in the day after being shot by members belonging to the syndicate's rival, Ichiwa-kai.

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Crime syndicate Yamaguchi-gumi's headquarters in western Japan

KOBE, Japan, April 10 Kyodo - A car enters the headquarters of Yamaguchi-gumi, one of Japan's largest crime syndicates, in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, on Sept. 1, 2015, after a regular meeting with executives from affiliate gang groups across the country. The Yamaguchi-gumi "excommunicated" or "insulated" the leaders of 13 affiliates at the meeting after they showed signs of defecting in August of that year. (Kyodo)

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'Yakuza' office raided over 600 mil. yen robbery

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police investigators enter an office of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest crime syndicate, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 11, 2011, over a 600 million yen robbery in Tachikawa, western Tokyo. Most of the stolen money in the biggest-ever cash robbery in Japan has not been recovered.

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Toray breaks ground for factory in S. Korea

GUMI, South Korea - A ground-breaking ceremony is held at a carbon fiber factory in Gumi in North Gyeongsang Province on June 28, 2011. Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc., a South Korean arm of Japanese textile maker Toray Inc., envisions the factory will have an annual production capacity of 2,200 tons.

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Raid on yakuza headquarters

KOBE, Japan - Police officers enter the headquarters of Japan's largest crime syndicate the Yamaguchi-gumi in Kobe, western Japan, on June 10, 2011. The police were investigating a case involving a yakuza boss, who was arrested on suspicion of playing golf using a false name at a golf course that bans gangsters.

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Police battling against crime syndicate

TOKYO, Japan - The National Police Agency holds a meeting on countermeasures against Japan's largest crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, and its largest gang, Kodokai, on Jan. 26, 2011, at the agency in Tokyo. The agency ordered police officials from across Japan in charge of investigating organized crimes to give the syndicate a decisive blow through investigation before the release in April from prison of its boss Kenichi Shinoda, commonly known as Shinobu Tsukasa.

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Police raid Fukuoka gang office over sumo gambling scandal

FUKUOKA, Japan - Tokyo police raid the office of the Izu-gumi gang group affiliated with Japan's largest crime syndicate the Yamaguchi-gumi, in Fukuoka, on Aug. 2, 2010, in connection with the illegal gambling scandal rocking the traditional Japanese sport of sumo.

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Woman rescued in Aichi Pref. hostage standoff

NAGOYA, Japan - A policeman lifts onto his back Michiko Mori (C), a woman rescued from nearly 23 hours of hostage, in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on May 18. She had been taken captive by her former husband at his house following a shooting spree by the man, a former gangster of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest crime syndicate.

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Police search Yamaguchi-gumi over shooting of rival gangster

KOBE, Japan - Police stand on guard in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Feb. 26 while investigators search the headquarters of Japan's largest crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, on suspicion the yakuza group was involved in the killing of a senior member of rival Sumiyoshi-kai earlier this month.

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Offices of gang group, condo sales firm searched

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers enter the head office of Goto-gumi gang group, affiliated with Japan's largest underworld syndicate Yamaguchi-gumi, in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 9 to search there in connection with the previous day's arrest of its boss for allegedly illegally transferring the property rights of a building in Tokyo.

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Kumagai Gumi, Tobishima to scrap merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Kumagai Gumi Co. President Kazutoshi Torikai (L) and Tobishima Corp. President Yoshiharu Tomimatsu tell reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 15 that the two struggling second-tier construction companies will scrap their merger plan set for April 1, 2005.

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Police raid Japan's largest yakuza group over loan-sharking

KOBE, Japan - Police officers enter the headquarters of Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza group, in Kobe on Oct. 24 to search for evidence over charges related to loan-sharking activities.

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Kumagai Gumi eyes 300 bil. yen bailout

TOKYO, Japan - Kazutoshi Torikai, president of ailing construction firm Kumagai Gumi Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 4. He said the company will ask its main creditor banks for 300 billion yen in a financial bailout under a fresh three-year restructuring plan, while seeking a merger with industry peer Tobishima Corp.

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Arai-Gumi, Konoike agree on capital, operational tie-up

OSAKA, Japan - Shojiro Hanafusa, president of midsize general contractor Arai-Gumi Ltd., speaks at a press conference at the Osaka Securities Exchange on Aug. 30 about the company's rehabilitation plan involving a tie-up with Konoike Construction Co.

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Gunman kills gangster in Tokyo hospital bed

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers stand at the entrance of the intensive care center at Nippon Medical School Hospital in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Feb. 25, where a gunman shot and killed Takashi Ishizuka, a high-ranking member of the Yano-gumi gang. Ishizuka was hospitalized after being shot in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Feb. 24.

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Chinese survivors of 1945 uprising join Akita ceremony

AKITA, Japan - Thirty-one Chinese survivors and relatives of those killed in a 1945 uprising of forced laborers attend a memorial service on June 30 in Odate, Akita Prefecture, to remember the victims of what is known as the Hanaoka Incident. The Chinese group visited the site of the uprising for the first time since Kajima Gumi, a predecessor of leading construction contractor Kajima Corp., forced Chinese to work in a river improvement project near the then Hanaoka copper mine.

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Kyuma photographed with high-level gangster

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Kyuma (sitting), acting policy research council chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is seen in a photo taken in October 1997 with a man (2nd from L) linked to the Yamaguchi-Gumi yakuza group in the room of the director general of the Defense Agency in Tokyo. At that time, Kyuma served as Defense Agency chief.

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Kumagai Gumi wins informal OK from banks

TOKYO, Japan - Kazutoshi Torigai, president of troubled construction firm Kumagai Gumi Co., tells a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28 that the company's creditor banks have informally approved a revision to its restructuring plan. Under the new plan, Kumagai Gumi will ask its 15 creditor banks to forgive 430 billion yen in loans, down from the 450 billion yen it had previously requested.

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Kumagai Gumi to ask for 450 bil. yen debt waiver

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the Tokyo head office of debt-ridden contractor Kumagai Gumi Co., which sources close to the company said will request its major creditors to forgive debts totaling 450 billion yen as part of a rehabilitation plan.

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Logo of the Qian Takagumi

Keywords: Zenitaka-gumi, general contractor, medium-sized general contractor, Sansui-kai member company, Midori-no-kai member company, Sanwa Group, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = September 12, 2019, Naniwasuji Twins West, Nishi-Honmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Logo of the Qian Takagumi

Keywords: Zenitaka-gumi, general contractor, medium-sized general contractor, Sansui-kai member company, Midori-no-kai member company, Sanwa Group, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = September 12, 2019, Naniwasuji Twins West, Nishi-Honmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Logo of the Qian Takagumi

Keywords: Zenitaka-gumi, general contractor, medium-sized general contractor, Sansui-kai member company, Midori-no-kai member company, Sanwa Group, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = September 12, 2019, Naniwasuji Twins West, Nishi-Honmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Logo of the Qian Takagumi

Keywords: Zenitaka-gumi, general contractor, medium-sized general contractor, Sansui-kai member company, Midori-no-kai member company, Sanwa Group, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = September 12, 2019, Naniwasuji Twins West, Nishi-Honmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Logo of the Qian Takagumi

Keywords: Zenitaka-gumi, general contractor, medium-sized general contractor, Sansui-kai member company, Midori-no-kai member company, Sanwa Group, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = September 12, 2019, Naniwasuji Twins West, Nishi-Honmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Kumagai Gumi, Tobishima to scrap merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Kumagai Gumi Co. President Kazutoshi Torikai (L) and Tobishima Corp. President Yoshiharu Tomimatsu tell reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 15 that the two struggling second-tier construction companies will scrap their merger plan set for April 1, 2005. (Kyodo)

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Arai-Gumi, Konoike agree on capital, operational tie-up

OSAKA, Japan - Shojiro Hanafusa, president of midsize general contractor Arai-Gumi Ltd., speaks at a press conference at the Osaka Securities Exchange on Aug. 30 about the company's rehabilitation plan involving a tie-up with Konoike Construction Co. (Kyodo)

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Chinese survivors of 1945 uprising join Akita ceremony

AKITA, Japan - Thirty-one Chinese survivors and relatives of those killed in a 1945 uprising of forced laborers attend a memorial service on June 30 in Odate, Akita Prefecture, to remember the victims of what is known as the Hanaoka Incident. The Chinese group visited the site of the uprising for the first time since Kajima Gumi, a predecessor of leading construction contractor Kajima Corp., forced Chinese to work in a river improvement project near the then Hanaoka copper mine.

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(1) Yoshinori Watanabe

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshinori Watanabe, leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza group. Photo was taken in January 1980. (Kyodo)

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(2) Yoshinori Watanabe

KOBE, Japan - Yoshinori Watanabe, leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza group, walks toward the Kobe District Court. (Kyodo)

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(3) Yoshinori Watanabe

Osaka, Japan - Yoshinori Watanabe, leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza group, shows up at the Osaka Police Headquarters on Aug. 18, 1986. (Kyodo)

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Top official in local branch of crime syndicate shot dead

Okayama prefectural police conduct an investigation near the parking lot of an apartment complex in Okayama, western Japan, where Tadashi Takagi, a top official in the local Ikeda branch of crime syndicate Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi, was shot on May 31, 2016, resulting in his death later in the day. The police are treating the incident as a homicide, with suspicions of a connection to Japan's largest gang, the Yamaguchi-gumi, following concerns of intensifying conflicts between the two crime syndicates after their split in August 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan blacklists spun-off gang for tighter control

Photo taken Dec. 13, 2015, shows Kunio Inoue, head of the Japanese crime syndicate Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi. The group that split from Japan's largest gang, the Yamaguchi-gumi, was added to the list of "designated crime syndicates" on April 7, 2016 to put it under tighter control, Hyogo Prefecture's public safety commission said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police raid Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi office over drug smuggling

Police officers raid the head office of crime syndicate Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 8, 2016, in connection with the arrest of five members of the group on March 2 for allegedly smuggling about 100 kilograms of stimulant drugs with a street value of some 7 billion yen ($62 million) into Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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National Police Agency holds meeting on crackdown on gang groups

National Police Agency chief Masahito Kanetaka addresses an emergency meeting of local police officers in charge of crime syndicates in Tokyo on March 8, 2016. The meeting was held amid concerns about intensifying conflicts among gangsters linked to the Yamaguchi-gumi, one of the country's biggest syndicates. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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National Police Agency holds meeting on crackdown on gang groups

National Police Agency chief Masahito Kanetaka addresses an emergency meeting of local police officers in charge of crime syndicates in Tokyo on March 8, 2016. The meeting was held amid concerns about intensifying conflicts among gangsters linked to the Yamaguchi-gumi, one of the country's biggest syndicates. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crime syndicate headquarters raided on charges of fraud

Aichi prefectural police raid the headquarters of Japan's largest crime syndicate Yamaguchi-gumi in Kobe on Nov. 4, 2015. In October, three men, including the head of a Yamaguchi-gumi affiliate, were arrested for obtaining a bank book allegedly by concealing that it would be used by members of the syndicate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police raid offices of rival yakuza gangs over street parades

Police officers carry confiscated items in boxes from the office of the Haga-gumi yakuza group in Toyama, central Japan, on Oct. 6, 2015. They also raided the office of rival yakuza gang Hongo-gumi in Toyama Prefecture the same day over suspected violation of road traffic laws after both groups paraded through the streets of a downtown area in a show of power in late September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police raid offices of rival yakuza gangs over street parades

Police raid the office of the Hongo-gumi yakuza group in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 6, 2015. They also raided the office of rival yakuza gang Haga-gumi in the prefectural capital of Toyama the same day over suspected violation of road traffic laws after the gangs paraded through the streets of a downtown area in a show of power in late September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yoshinori Watanabe

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshinori Watanabe, head of the Yamaguchi-gumi crime organization. The date of the photo is unknown. (Kyodo)

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Masahisa Takenaka

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of head of the Yamaguchi-gumi crime organization, Masahisa Takenaka. The date of the photo is unknown. (Kyodo)

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Members eyeing breakaway group from Japanese crime syndicate

Police officers and media personnel gather around an office building in Amagasaki in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on April 30, 2017, where a meeting was being held with the aim of forming a new breakaway group from the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo