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. ...

Secondly, in the weirdest way possible, it makes an unsavory link between cartoons and the Yakuza. The removal of some or all ...

This is Yakuza Empire, a strategy/management game ... of the year is happening in New York City right now Get your trigger finger ready, cause this weekend we’re lookin’ at guns.

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 ...