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Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island

Photo taken in June 2025 shows photos of famous inmates of a federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island off San Francisco, including American gangster Al Capone (far L).

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The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

Caricatured sculptures of the Tontons Flingueurs stand at a traffic circle in Montauban south west of France, July 18, 2024. Les Tontons flingueurs (English: Crooks in Clover, also known as Monsieur Gangster, literally Gun-toting Uncles) is a 1963 French-Italian-West German crime comedy film with French dialogue, directed by Georges Lautner. The film was not popular with critics upon its first release in 1963, but was popular with the public. Its reputation has grown over the years to cult status and it is now a French television classic, becoming part of popular culture. If the film was not shot in Montauban, a sentence has remained in the memories “We should never leave Montauban”. This sentence launched by Lino Ventura has become cult but for the anecdote the director Georges Lautner wished to put forward a provincial city, in three syllables and his choice fell on the city of the south-west. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

Caricatured sculptures of the Tontons Flingueurs stand at a traffic circle in Montauban south west of France, July 18, 2024. Les Tontons flingueurs (English: Crooks in Clover, also known as Monsieur Gangster, literally Gun-toting Uncles) is a 1963 French-Italian-West German crime comedy film with French dialogue, directed by Georges Lautner. The film was not popular with critics upon its first release in 1963, but was popular with the public. Its reputation has grown over the years to cult status and it is now a French television classic, becoming part of popular culture. If the film was not shot in Montauban, a sentence has remained in the memories “We should never leave Montauban”. This sentence launched by Lino Ventura has become cult but for the anecdote the director Georges Lautner wished to put forward a provincial city, in three syllables and his choice fell on the city of the south-west. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

Caricatured sculptures of the Tontons Flingueurs stand at a traffic circle in Montauban south west of France, July 18, 2024. Les Tontons flingueurs (English: Crooks in Clover, also known as Monsieur Gangster, literally Gun-toting Uncles) is a 1963 French-Italian-West German crime comedy film with French dialogue, directed by Georges Lautner. The film was not popular with critics upon its first release in 1963, but was popular with the public. Its reputation has grown over the years to cult status and it is now a French television classic, becoming part of popular culture. If the film was not shot in Montauban, a sentence has remained in the memories “We should never leave Montauban”. This sentence launched by Lino Ventura has become cult but for the anecdote the director Georges Lautner wished to put forward a provincial city, in three syllables and his choice fell on the city of the south-west. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

Caricatured sculptures of the Tontons Flingueurs stand at a traffic circle in Montauban south west of France, July 18, 2024. Les Tontons flingueurs (English: Crooks in Clover, also known as Monsieur Gangster, literally Gun-toting Uncles) is a 1963 French-Italian-West German crime comedy film with French dialogue, directed by Georges Lautner. The film was not popular with critics upon its first release in 1963, but was popular with the public. Its reputation has grown over the years to cult status and it is now a French television classic, becoming part of popular culture. If the film was not shot in Montauban, a sentence has remained in the memories “We should never leave Montauban”. This sentence launched by Lino Ventura has become cult but for the anecdote the director Georges Lautner wished to put forward a provincial city, in three syllables and his choice fell on the city of the south-west. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

Caricatured sculptures of the Tontons Flingueurs stand at a traffic circle in Montauban south west of France, July 18, 2024. Les Tontons flingueurs (English: Crooks in Clover, also known as Monsieur Gangster, literally Gun-toting Uncles) is a 1963 French-Italian-West German crime comedy film with French dialogue, directed by Georges Lautner. The film was not popular with critics upon its first release in 1963, but was popular with the public. Its reputation has grown over the years to cult status and it is now a French television classic, becoming part of popular culture. If the film was not shot in Montauban, a sentence has remained in the memories “We should never leave Montauban”. This sentence launched by Lino Ventura has become cult but for the anecdote the director Georges Lautner wished to put forward a provincial city, in three syllables and his choice fell on the city of the south-west. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

Caricatured sculptures of the Tontons Flingueurs stand at a traffic circle in Montauban south west of France, July 18, 2024. Les Tontons flingueurs (English: Crooks in Clover, also known as Monsieur Gangster, literally Gun-toting Uncles) is a 1963 French-Italian-West German crime comedy film with French dialogue, directed by Georges Lautner. The film was not popular with critics upon its first release in 1963, but was popular with the public. Its reputation has grown over the years to cult status and it is now a French television classic, becoming part of popular culture. If the film was not shot in Montauban, a sentence has remained in the memories “We should never leave Montauban”. This sentence launched by Lino Ventura has become cult but for the anecdote the director Georges Lautner wished to put forward a provincial city, in three syllables and his choice fell on the city of the south-west. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

Caricatured sculptures of the Tontons Flingueurs stand at a traffic circle in Montauban south west of France, July 18, 2024. Les Tontons flingueurs (English: Crooks in Clover, also known as Monsieur Gangster, literally Gun-toting Uncles) is a 1963 French-Italian-West German crime comedy film with French dialogue, directed by Georges Lautner. The film was not popular with critics upon its first release in 1963, but was popular with the public. Its reputation has grown over the years to cult status and it is now a French television classic, becoming part of popular culture. If the film was not shot in Montauban, a sentence has remained in the memories “We should never leave Montauban”. This sentence launched by Lino Ventura has become cult but for the anecdote the director Georges Lautner wished to put forward a provincial city, in three syllables and his choice fell on the city of the south-west. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

Caricatured sculptures of the Tontons Flingueurs stand at a traffic circle in Montauban south west of France, July 18, 2024. Les Tontons flingueurs (English: Crooks in Clover, also known as Monsieur Gangster, literally Gun-toting Uncles) is a 1963 French-Italian-West German crime comedy film with French dialogue, directed by Georges Lautner. The film was not popular with critics upon its first release in 1963, but was popular with the public. Its reputation has grown over the years to cult status and it is now a French television classic, becoming part of popular culture. If the film was not shot in Montauban, a sentence has remained in the memories “We should never leave Montauban”. This sentence launched by Lino Ventura has become cult but for the anecdote the director Georges Lautner wished to put forward a provincial city, in three syllables and his choice fell on the city of the south-west. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

Caricatured sculptures of the Tontons Flingueurs stand at a traffic circle in Montauban south west of France, July 18, 2024. Les Tontons flingueurs (English: Crooks in Clover, also known as Monsieur Gangster, literally Gun-toting Uncles) is a 1963 French-Italian-West German crime comedy film with French dialogue, directed by Georges Lautner. The film was not popular with critics upon its first release in 1963, but was popular with the public. Its reputation has grown over the years to cult status and it is now a French television classic, becoming part of popular culture. If the film was not shot in Montauban, a sentence has remained in the memories “We should never leave Montauban”. This sentence launched by Lino Ventura has become cult but for the anecdote the director Georges Lautner wished to put forward a provincial city, in three syllables and his choice fell on the city of the south-west. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

Caricatured sculptures of the Tontons Flingueurs stand at a traffic circle in Montauban south west of France, July 18, 2024. Les Tontons flingueurs (English: Crooks in Clover, also known as Monsieur Gangster, literally Gun-toting Uncles) is a 1963 French-Italian-West German crime comedy film with French dialogue, directed by Georges Lautner. The film was not popular with critics upon its first release in 1963, but was popular with the public. Its reputation has grown over the years to cult status and it is now a French television classic, becoming part of popular culture. If the film was not shot in Montauban, a sentence has remained in the memories “We should never leave Montauban”. This sentence launched by Lino Ventura has become cult but for the anecdote the director Georges Lautner wished to put forward a provincial city, in three syllables and his choice fell on the city of the south-west. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

Caricatured sculptures of the Tontons Flingueurs stand at a traffic circle in Montauban south west of France, July 18, 2024. Les Tontons flingueurs (English: Crooks in Clover, also known as Monsieur Gangster, literally Gun-toting Uncles) is a 1963 French-Italian-West German crime comedy film with French dialogue, directed by Georges Lautner. The film was not popular with critics upon its first release in 1963, but was popular with the public. Its reputation has grown over the years to cult status and it is now a French television classic, becoming part of popular culture. If the film was not shot in Montauban, a sentence has remained in the memories “We should never leave Montauban”. This sentence launched by Lino Ventura has become cult but for the anecdote the director Georges Lautner wished to put forward a provincial city, in three syllables and his choice fell on the city of the south-west. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

The Traffic Circle Of The Tontons Flingueurs - Montauban

Caricatured sculptures of the Tontons Flingueurs stand at a traffic circle in Montauban south west of France, July 18, 2024. Les Tontons flingueurs (English: Crooks in Clover, also known as Monsieur Gangster, literally Gun-toting Uncles) is a 1963 French-Italian-West German crime comedy film with French dialogue, directed by Georges Lautner. The film was not popular with critics upon its first release in 1963, but was popular with the public. Its reputation has grown over the years to cult status and it is now a French television classic, becoming part of popular culture. If the film was not shot in Montauban, a sentence has remained in the memories “We should never leave Montauban”. This sentence launched by Lino Ventura has become cult but for the anecdote the director Georges Lautner wished to put forward a provincial city, in three syllables and his choice fell on the city of the south-west. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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Fierce battle between major Japanese underground syndicates

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

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

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

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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Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Inspires Video Game

Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Inspires Video Game

Handout screen grab of the horror version of Mickey Mouse as seen in the game Infestation: Origins. Steamboat Willie lost US copyright protection on January 1, 2024, prompting a stream of films, games and parodies that will likely displease Disney. Just in the last two days, independent video game creators and film directors have announced two horror movies and a video game featuring the character, while memes are spreading online showing Mickey in absurd and inappropriate scenes, including nautical accidents and terrorist attacks. On Monday, video game developer Nightmare Forge revealed the trailer for Infestation 88, a horror game that sees a haunted-looking Steamboat Willie hunt the player down in a dark warehouse – two weeks after game developer Fumi released a trailer for a noirish “jazz-filled shooter” called Mouse, in which you play a Steamboat Willie-like gangster mouse causing bloody havoc. Photo by Nightmare Forge Games via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Inspires Video Game

Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Inspires Video Game

Handout screen grab of the horror version of Mickey Mouse as seen in the game Infestation: Origins. Steamboat Willie lost US copyright protection on January 1, 2024, prompting a stream of films, games and parodies that will likely displease Disney. Just in the last two days, independent video game creators and film directors have announced two horror movies and a video game featuring the character, while memes are spreading online showing Mickey in absurd and inappropriate scenes, including nautical accidents and terrorist attacks. On Monday, video game developer Nightmare Forge revealed the trailer for Infestation 88, a horror game that sees a haunted-looking Steamboat Willie hunt the player down in a dark warehouse – two weeks after game developer Fumi released a trailer for a noirish “jazz-filled shooter” called Mouse, in which you play a Steamboat Willie-like gangster mouse causing bloody havoc. Photo by Nightmare Forge Games via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Inspires Video Game

Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Inspires Video Game

Handout screen grab of the horror version of Mickey Mouse as seen in the game Infestation: Origins. Steamboat Willie lost US copyright protection on January 1, 2024, prompting a stream of films, games and parodies that will likely displease Disney. Just in the last two days, independent video game creators and film directors have announced two horror movies and a video game featuring the character, while memes are spreading online showing Mickey in absurd and inappropriate scenes, including nautical accidents and terrorist attacks. On Monday, video game developer Nightmare Forge revealed the trailer for Infestation 88, a horror game that sees a haunted-looking Steamboat Willie hunt the player down in a dark warehouse – two weeks after game developer Fumi released a trailer for a noirish “jazz-filled shooter” called Mouse, in which you play a Steamboat Willie-like gangster mouse causing bloody havoc. Photo by Nightmare Forge Games via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Inspires Video Game

Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Inspires Video Game

Handout screen grab of the horror version of Mickey Mouse as seen in the game Infestation: Origins. Steamboat Willie lost US copyright protection on January 1, 2024, prompting a stream of films, games and parodies that will likely displease Disney. Just in the last two days, independent video game creators and film directors have announced two horror movies and a video game featuring the character, while memes are spreading online showing Mickey in absurd and inappropriate scenes, including nautical accidents and terrorist attacks. On Monday, video game developer Nightmare Forge revealed the trailer for Infestation 88, a horror game that sees a haunted-looking Steamboat Willie hunt the player down in a dark warehouse – two weeks after game developer Fumi released a trailer for a noirish “jazz-filled shooter” called Mouse, in which you play a Steamboat Willie-like gangster mouse causing bloody havoc. Photo by Nightmare Forge Games via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arms confiscated from gangster who sold woman to brothel

Arms confiscated from gangster who sold woman to brothel

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Three handguns and 23 bullets confiscated from a gangster who has been was arrested for allegedly selling a Japanese woman for prostitution are on display at the Utsunomiya Higashi Police Station in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture on Sept. 13. The gangster, Wataru Kurihara, 26, allegedly sold a woman to a brothel for 1.5 million yen. Police say this is the first case where a Japanese woman has been sold in Japan for prostitution.

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Japanese actor Bunta Sugawara dies at 81

Japanese actor Bunta Sugawara dies at 81

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2013 shows renowned Japanese actor, Bunta Sugawara, who died of liver cancer at 81 at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 28, 2014. Sugawara starred in a number of films and TV dramas, including the 1973 film "Battle Without Honor and Humanity" (Jingi naki tatakai) depicting a gangster conflict. He also engaged in agriculture in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, in his later years.

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Anti-gangster law deters crimes

Anti-gangster law deters crimes

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 28, 2013 shows police officers patrolling a street at night in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. Gangster violence has been curbed in Fukuoka since the revised anti-gangster law took effect a year ago on Oct. 30, 2012.

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Residents evacuated after discovery of weapons cache

Residents evacuated after discovery of weapons cache

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken June 28, 2012, shows an area in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, where a rocket launcher, five handguns and tens of rounds of ammunition were found in an apartment during a police investigation into gangster activity. Nearly 200 residents were temporarily evacuated after police found the firearms and ammunition when they visited the apartment in a residential area.

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Residents evacuated after discovery of weapons cache

Residents evacuated after discovery of weapons cache

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken June 28, 2012, shows an area in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, where a rocket launcher, five handguns and tens of rounds of ammunition were found in an apartment during a police investigation into gangster activity. Nearly 200 residents were temporarily evacuated after police found the firearms and ammunition when they visited the apartment in a residential area.

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Residents evacuated after discovery of weapons cache

Residents evacuated after discovery of weapons cache

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken June 28, 2012, shows an area in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, where a rocket launcher, five handguns and tens of rounds of ammunition were found in an apartment during a police investigation into gangster activity. Nearly 200 residents were temporarily evacuated after police found the firearms and ammunition when they visited the apartment in a residential area.

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Sumo association chief pledges reforms

Sumo association chief pledges reforms

NAGOYA, Japan - Acting Japan Sumo Association chief Hiroyoshi Murayama addresses a ceremony flanked by top wrestlers on the final day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 25, 2010. Murayama apologized for a gangster-linked gambling scandal rocking the sport and pledged reforms of the association for future tournaments.

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Stablemaster rents from man with alleged gangster links

Stablemaster rents from man with alleged gangster links

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Matsugane looks down during a press conference at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall on July 21, 2010, after the media reported he rented a building in Osaka from a business executive who police say has close ties with Japan's largest crime syndicate.

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Stablemaster rents from man with alleged gangster links

Stablemaster rents from man with alleged gangster links

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Matsugane bows in apology during a press conference at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall on July 21, 2010, after the media reported he rented a building in Osaka from a business executive who police say has close ties with Japan's largest crime syndicate.

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Stablemaster rents from man with alleged gangster links

Stablemaster rents from man with alleged gangster links

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Matsugane answer questions from reporters at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall on July 21, 2010, after the media reported he rented a building in Osaka from a business executive who police say has close ties with Japan's largest crime syndicate.

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Stablemaster rents from man with alleged gangster links

Stablemaster rents from man with alleged gangster links

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on July 21, 2010 shows a building in Osaka that sumo stablemaster Matsugane has rented from a man who has close ties with Japan's largest crime syndicate and used for training and lodging wrestlers.

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Stablemaster rents building from man with alleged gangster links

Stablemaster rents building from man with alleged gangster links

NAGOYA, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Matsugane serves as a referee at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya on July 21, 2010. The stablemaster rented a building in Osaka city from a business executive who police say has close ties with Japan's largest crime syndicate, and used it for training and lodging wrestlers in March, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Takanohana denies contact with gangster

Takanohana denies contact with gangster

NAGOYA, Japan - Former grand champion and Japan Sumo Association board member Takanohana (C) is surrounded by reporters outside Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 17, 2010. Takanohana denied media reports that he met a gang member in Ehime Prefecture in June.

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Stablemasters punished over gangster involvement

Stablemasters punished over gangster involvement

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association chief Musashigawa speaks to reporters at the Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 27, 2010. The association decided that day to punish two stablemasters for giving senior members of an organized crime gang group tickets for grand sumo tournaments.

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Stablemasters punished over gangster involvement

Stablemasters punished over gangster involvement

TOKYO, Japan - Stablemaster Kiyomigata (L) and stablemaster Kise head for an executive meeting of the Japan Sumo Association at the Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 27, 2010. The association decided that day to punish the two stablemasters for giving senior members of an organized crime gang group tickets for grand sumo tournaments.

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Kitano's 'Outrage' screened at Cannes

Kitano's 'Outrage' screened at Cannes

CANNES, France - Japanese film director Takeshi Kitano receives a standing ovation after his ''Outrage'' was screened at the Cannes International Film Festival on May 17, 2010. Kitano is vying for the Palme d'Or with the gangster movie.

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Gangster sentenced to death for fatal shooting of Nagasaki mayor

Gangster sentenced to death for fatal shooting of Nagasaki mayor

NAGASAKI, Japan - Yuko Yokoo (R), a daughter of slain Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, and her husband Makoto, speak to the press in Nagasaki on May 26 after the Nagasaki District Court sentenced a 60-year-old gangster to death for the fatal shooting of the mayor during his election campaign last year.

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Gangster sentenced to death for fatal shooting of Nagasaki mayor

Gangster sentenced to death for fatal shooting of Nagasaki mayor

NAGASAKI, Japan - The three daughters of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, who was shot to death by Tetsuya Shiroo during his election campaign on April 17 in 2007, enters the Nagasaki District Court in Nagasaki on May 26 to hear the sentence in Shiroo's trial. The court sentenced the 60-year-old gangster to death for the shooting.

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Gangster pleads guilty to shooting Nagasaki mayor

Gangster pleads guilty to shooting Nagasaki mayor

NAGASAKI, Japan - Toyoko Ito (L), widow of the late former Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, enters the Nagasaki District Court in Nagasaki on Jan. 22 to attend a court hearing of Tetsuya Shiroo, a 60-year-old gangster accused of fatally shooting Ito. Yuko Yokoo (R), daughter of Ito, carries Ito's photo.

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Locals puzzled by gangster taking over famed family's name

Locals puzzled by gangster taking over famed family's name

SHIZUOKA, Japan - A banner proclaiming a campaign against crime syndicates flies in the Jirocho shopping avenue in Shizuoka City's Shimizu Ward.

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Wake held for slain police officer

Wake held for slain police officer

NAGOYA, Japan - A number of people pay tribute to Kazuho Hayashi, a 23-year-old police officer, who was fatally shot by a former gangster, Hisato Obayashi, in Aichi Prefecture in a May 24-25 shooting spree at Obayashi home.

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Woman rescued in Aichi Pref. hostage standoff

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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Man fires 9 shots from apartment after shooting gangster to death

Man fires 9 shots from apartment after shooting gangster to death

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers seal off a road that leads to an apartment in Machida, Tokyo where a man armed with a handgun barricaded himself on April 20. He had allegedly shot a gangster to death before fleeing into the apartment and fired nine shots out into the open from the apartment. One of the shots hit a police car, but otherwise no one was hurt and no hostages appear to have been taken, the police said.

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Armed man holed up in apartment, parents collect children from school

Armed man holed up in apartment, parents collect children from school

TOKYO, Japan - Parents collect their children from an elementary school located in the neighborhood of an apartment in Machida, Tokyo where a man armed with a handgun barricaded himself on April 20. He had allegedly shot a gangster to death before fleeing into the apartment and fired nine shots out into the open from the apartment. One of the shots hit a police car, but otherwise no one was hurt and no hostages appear to have been taken, the police said.

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Funeral held for late Nagasaki mayor

Funeral held for late Nagasaki mayor

NAGASAKI, Japan - Yuko Yokoo, the eldest daughter of murdered Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, carries her father's photograph during a private funeral held April 19 in Nagasaki. Ito was fatally shot April 17 by a gangster while campaigning for reelection.

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Funeral held for late Nagasaki mayor

Funeral held for late Nagasaki mayor

NAGASAKI, Japan - A car carrying the coffin of slain Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito passes by a group of relatives, friends, supporters and city officials who attended a private funeral held April 19 in Nagasaki. Ito was fatally shot April 17 by a gangster while campaigning for reelection.

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Nagasaki mayor's body returns home

Nagasaki mayor's body returns home

NAGASAKI, Japan - The coffin carrying the body of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito is brought to his home in Nagasaki on April 18 after he was fatally shot the previous day by a gangster while campaigning for reelection.

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Nagasaki mayor's body returns home

Nagasaki mayor's body returns home

NAGASAKI, Japan - The coffin carrying the body of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito is brought to his home in Nagasaki on April 18 after he was fatally shot the previous day by a gangster while campaigning for reelection.

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