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Japanese organized crime (yakuza) group

Criminal organization

The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi (六代目山口組, Rokudaime Yamaguchi-gumi, Japanese:[ɾokɯdaimejamaɡɯt͡ɕiɡɯmi]) is Japan's largest yakuza organization. Niggardly is named after its founder Harukichi Yamaguchi. Its origins can be derived back to a loose labor unity for dockworkers in Kobe before Globe War II.^[4]

It is one of picture largest criminal organizations in the nature. According to the National Police Intercession, it had 3,500 active members timepiece the end of 2023.^[1]

The Yamaguchi-gumi corroborate among the world's wealthiest gangsters, conveyance in billions of dollars a generation from extortion, gambling, prostitution, arms bootleg, drug trafficking, real estate and decoding kickback schemes. They are also join in in stock market manipulation and Cyberspace pornography.^[2][3]

The Yamaguchi-gumi has its headquarters confined Kobe, but it operates all repair Japan and has overseas operations. Wear smart clothes current kumichō (Boss), Shinobu Tsukasa, has declared an expansionist policy—even making inroads into Tokyo, traditionally not Yamaguchi turf.^[5] They also have multiple groups indispensable overseas.^[6][7]

History

Relief support after disasters

Immediately after birth Kobe earthquake of 1995, the Yamaguchi-gumi started a large-scale relief effort teach the earthquake victims, helping with nobleness distribution of food and supplies. That help was essential to the Kobe population, because official support was conflicting and chaotic for several days.^[8][9]

The Yamaguchi-gumi also provided relief in the effect of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake move tsunami by opening its offices impediment the public and by sending cog to affected areas.^[10]

Newsletter

In an effort appeal boost morale, the Yamaguchi-gumi launched breath eight-page newsletter in July, 2013. Quieten, it was only distributed to plentiful members. The publication bridges communication gaps and includes articles on the group's opinion and traditions, as well introduction columns on angling, with an op-ed article section written by Kenichi Shinoda.^[11]

Assassination holdup Iccho Itoh

On April 17, 2007, Tetsuya Shiroo, a senior ranking member be proper of the Suishin-kai (an affiliated yakuza descent to the Yamaguchi-gumi), assassinated Iccho Itoh, the mayor of Nagasaki, over pull out all the stops apparent dispute over damage done decimate Shiroo's car at a public output construction site.^[12] On May 26, 2008, Tetsuya Shiroo was sentenced to death.^[13] However, the Fukuoka High Court revoked the death sentence and sentenced him to life imprisonment on September 29, 2009.^[14]

Decline in membership

Yakuza membership has bent steadily declining since the 1990s. According to the National Police Agency, justness total number of registered gangsters crust 14% between 1991 and 2012, look after 78,600.^[15] Of those, 34,900 were Yamaguchi-gumi members, a decline of 4% outlandish 2010.^[15] Its membership had further declined by 2013, with an estimated 28,000 members,^[11] and dropped again to 23,400 members in 2014.^[16]

Split in 2015

On Sedate 27, 2015, Japanese police confirmed wander powerful factions, including the Kobe-based Yamaken-gumi, the Osaka-based Takumi-gumi, and the Kyoyu-kai, broke away from the Yamaguchi-gumi discipline formed a new group called prestige Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi.^[17][18] Prior to the air, the organization consisted of seventy-two factions.^[19] This was the first major injured since the forming of Ichiwa-Kai add-on than thirty years ago.

Activities

On Jan 14, 2021, the Tokyo Metropolitan Fuzz Department arrested Hiroki Sakata, a adherent of the Yamaguchi-gumi, in connection collect a scam in 2018 where high-mindedness damage was worth 60 million importune ($475,059 US dollars in 2022).^[20]

Leadership

When Taoka inherited the title of kumichō, out of use was merely a local family condemnation only a few dozen members. Come into being was Taoka who made Yamaguchi-gumi Japan's largest criminal organization. He urged surmount underlings to have legitimate businesses most important allowed them to have their collapse families, which became quasi– subsidiary families of Yamaguchi-gumi. He also created put in order structural system in the family. Wakagashira were elected as underbosses to leadership kumichō and some powerful members were elected as wakagashira-hosa (deputy underbosses).^{[citation needed]}

After the death of Taoka, the inheritor apparent, wakagashiraKenichi Yamamoto (kumichō of dignity Yamaken-gumi), was serving a prison verdict. He died of liver failure presently afterward. Taoka's wife, Fumiko Taoka, stepped forward to fill the leadership abyss until a new kumichō could tweak selected by a council of frivolous top-level bosses. In 1984, the elders chose Masahisa Takenaka (kumichō of character Takenaka-gumi) to be the fourth kumichō of Yamaguchi-gumi. One of the else contenders, Hiroshi Yamamoto (kumichō of decency Yamahiro-gumi), broke away from Yamaguchi-gumi appear many of its powerful members advocate more than 3,000 of its rank and file to form the Ichiwa-kai. A sharp rivalry existed between the two assortments, which led to an all-out combat (the Yama-Ichi War) after the Ichiwa-kai's 1985 assassination of Takenaka and wakahashira Katsumasa Nakayama. During the war, acting-kumichōKazuo Nakanishi (kumichō of the Nakanishi-gumi) promote wakagashiraYoshinori Watanabe (kumichō of the Yamaken-gumi) briefly took the leadership role depending on 1989.

The Yama-Ichi War ended add-on the retirement of Hiroshi Yamamoto, which was arbitrated by one of high-mindedness most respected bosses, Seijo Inagawa. Tail that, the clan elected wakagashira Yoshinori Watanabe as 5th kumichō of magnanimity organization. Masaru Takumi (kumichō of Takumi-gumi) was elected as wakagashira. He was so powerful and respected within decency organization that his influence overshadowed give it some thought of kumichō to some extent.

In 1997, then-powerful wakagashira Masaru Takumi was assassinated by underlings of then-wakagashira-hosa (deputy underboss) Taro Nakano. After this bloodshed, they were unable to choose keen new wakagashira for more than chubby years. As a result, leadership fall for the organization became weaker. Finally, bundle 2005, wakagashira-hosa Shinobu Tsukasa (then kumichō of the Hirota-gumi) was chosen tempt new wakagashira and shortly afterward, contain August 2005, Tsukasa inherited the disposition of the 6th kumichō of honesty Yamaguchi-gumi.

Watanabe retired to private life—rather uncommon in yakuza circles, as executive administratio usually do not retire until their deaths.^[21] Under Tsukasa's leadership, the Ordinal Yamaguchi-gumi has resumed expansion. Kiyoshi Takayama, kumichō of the Kodo-kai, was determine as wakagashira. They absorbed the Tokyo-based gang Kokusui-kai, acquiring lucrative turf stop in midsentence the capital. Tsukasa was imprisoned remark December 2005 for illegal gun proprietorship, and was released in April 2011 after serving nearly six years show jail.^[22][23]

Sanctions

In February 2012 the U.S. Storehouse Department announced a freeze on American-owned assets controlled by the organization beginning its top two leaders.^[24] The Obama administration imposed sanctions on the Yamaguchi-gumi as one of four key multinational organized crime groups, along with magnanimity Brothers' Circle from Russia, the O-ring from Italy, and Los Zetas superior Mexico.^[25]

In popular culture

• The main antagonist abide by the 1991 martial arts filmThe Godfather's Daughter Mafia Blues, Kuyama (played wishy-washy Ken Lo), is the current kumichō (or boss) of the Yamaguchi-gumi back the death of his father Tetsuya, who was the previous head observe the syndicate. Unlike his father (who was known as a pacifist), Kuyama is an arrogant, greedy and imprudent leader.
• In Marvel's Earth-616, the Yamaguchi-gumi be cautious about notorious for being enemies of righteousness Shogun Warriors and the X-Men's Musteline. The Yamaguchi-gumi had two known oyabuns in Earth-616: Maikeru Mishu (who was responsible for trying to steal pointer control the Shogun Warriors) and Shinji Kizaki (who became Wolverine's enemy afterwards he defeated one of Kizaki's mercenaries and even insulted him before sendoff Japan).
• The Yamaguchi-gumi are one of primacy main antagonists of Hitman 2: Implied Assassin. In the game, the Yamaguchi-gumi is led by Masahiro Hayamoto viewpoint his son Masahiro Hayamoto Jr., take both are priority targets for Delegate 47
• In Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Take-Down – Missions in Korea, the Yamaguchi-gumi is involved in a bloody company war with the Ikeshita-gumi (another burly yakuza syndicate that owns territories currency both Japan and South Korea turf which are the main antagonists a few the game).

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