THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 4, 2022 at 15:52 JST
Investigators at the scene where Takayuki Ohigashi, president of Ohsho Food Service Corp., was gunned down in Kyoto’s Yamashina Ward on Dec. 20, 2013 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A businessman known as the “Gyoza King” who was gunned down in front of his office building in Kyoto in 2013 had voiced fears he might be killed but vowed he would not be intimidated by gangster elements, according to investigative sources. [Read More]
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