THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 15, 2021 at 17:22 JST
Investigators enter the home of Satoru Nomura, head of the Kudo-kai organized crime syndicate, in September 2014. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
FUKUOKA--Prosecutors here are taking the unusual step of seeking the death sentence against the head of an organized crime syndicate often described as the most violent in Japan. [Read More]
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