THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 30, 2022 at 17:06 JST
Ninety or so media representatives jostle to capture the moment a police vehicle carrying Yukio Tanaka arrives at Yamashina Police Station in Kyoto city around 4 a.m. on Oct. 29. (Kenta Sujino)
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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