THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 31, 2020 at 07:10 JST
Tomoshi Okuda, president of Hoboku, explains about the “Kibo no Machi” project planned on the former site of the Kudo-kai headquarters at a news conference in Kita-Kyushu on April 28. Adviser Atsuko Muraki participates through a videoconference. (Ryo Sasaki)
KITA-KYUSHU--A nonprofit group here plans to help poor individuals, troubled children and elderly people at a site that used to house the headquarters of one of the most violent yakuza organizations. [Read More]
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