THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 9, 2023 at 07:00 JST
This building in Osaka’s Chuo Ward previously housed Takumi-gumi’s main office. (The Asahi Shimbun)
OSAKA--The Takumi-gumi crime syndicate’s sale of its headquarters here in April was seen as another nail in the coffin of the once-influential yakuza gang. [Read More]
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