THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 30, 2022 at 17:06 JST
Yukio Tanaka, center and a senior member of a gang, arrives at Yamashina police station in Kyoto on Oct. 29 after he left Fukuoka Prison, where he is serving a prison term, the previous day. (Toshiyuki Hayashi)
A 56-year-old man taken into police custody as the primary suspect in the 2013 murder of a business entrepreneur known as the “Gyoza King” has a “unique background” as a high-ranking member of a yakuza gang, according to sources familiar with his background. [Read More]
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