This practice sees individuals cut off their fingers as an apologetic gesture ... is considered to be a 'badge of honour' among the yakuza because of the pain tolerance required to see it through.

All this talk of criminal activity and lopping off fingers might have you thinking of the yakuza practice known as yubitsume. Essentially, when a member of one of Japan’s organized crime syndicates ...

The yakuza began as con artists and illegal bookmakers ... They are known to cut off their own fingers as an 'apology' for offending their leaders and kumichos themselves have done the same ...

Masahiro Nouchi, a 58-year-old member of the Kodo-kai yakuza group, was arrested on October 10 by police in Gifu prefecture, in central Japan, on suspicion of fraud, the Sankei newspaper reported. ...

If you ask someone like me, who's really into the Yakuza/Like A Dragon games, why you should play the Yakuza/Like A Dragon games, fairly early on in the process there's a good chance they'll end ...

Please verify your email address. Yakuza Kiwami retains an authentic story while adding fun side content & expanded combat styles. Brawler style offers balance, Rush style emphasizes speed ...

In Yakuza Kiwami, finding the right weapon can make all the difference, especially as Kiryu faces waves of enemies and powerful bosses. With a variety of options ranging from nunchaku to pistols ...

It’s the title conferred on the patriarch (or head) of a crime family. This is true of both the real-life yakuza and its fictional counterpart in the Yakuza games Like a Dragon: Yakuza is based on.

It stars Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma Kiryu, an orphaned youth who joins the Tojo yakuza clan with dreams of earning the title of Dragon of Dojima. Like a Dragon’s story is loosely based on the ...

A SENIOR member of one of Japan’s most feared “yakuza” underworld gangs has been arrested on suspicion of defrauding the health insurance system after claiming he lost a finger in an ...