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The origins of the Kai Group date back to 1908, when founder Saijiro Endo established the company in Seki City, Japan. [2] The company produced various cutlery throughout the 20th century, including folding knives, razors, and kitchen cutlery. [2] In 2002, Kai introduced the Shun Cutlery brand to the Western market.
On October 7, 2013 was formed the Namikawa-mutsumi-kai by upper members of the former Kyushu-Seido-kai when they visited a shrine in Kumamoto Prefecture when one member read aloud an oath announcing the formation of the new yakuza group, based in Omuta City, Fukuoka. Namikawa is the surname of the boss. It was renamed to Namikawa-kai in 2015.
The Sanwa Group (三和グループ, Sanwa gurūpu) was a leading Japanese keiretsu, based in Osaka, between World War II and the Japanese asset price bubble in the early 1990s. It remains in existence as a jointly held company called Midori-kai (みどり会). Sanwa Bank was a major financier for the textile industry in the 1950s. After ...
The Kudo-kai (工藤會, Kudō-kai) is a yakuza group headquartered in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka on the Kyushu island of Japan, [2] with an estimated 200 active members. [1] The Kudo-kai has been a purely independent syndicate ever since its foundation, and has caused numerous conflicts with the Yamaguchi-gumi (at least on eight separate occasions in 2000; at least one Yamaguchi-affiliate boss was ...
Sumiyoshi-kai is a confederation of smaller yakuza groups. Its current head (会長 kai-cho) is Shūji Ogawa. Structurally, Sumiyoshi-kai differs from its principal rival, the Yamaguchi-gumi, in that it functions like a federation. The chain of command is more relaxed, and its leadership is distributed among several other members.
In 1977, Kershaw became a wholly owned subsidiary of the KAI Group. [2] [4] [5] In 1997 the U.S. production facility was opened in Wilsonville, Oregon. Due to an expanding market, the facilities were moved to a larger production site in 2003 located in Tualatin, Oregon. Other products are imported from Japanese and Chinese factories. [4]
Nihon wo mamoru Kai (Society for the Protection of Japan, founded in 1974), that comprised several Shinto and religious cults. [ 35 ] [ 45 ] [ 46 ] Toshiro Mayuzumi , leader of the Nihon wo mamoru Kokumin Kaigi , was a pivotal figure in the merger, and was slated to become the first president of Nippon Kaigi, but he died of illness on 10 April ...
The Matsuba-kai (松葉会), meaning "Pine Needle Society," [1] is a yakuza organization based in Tokyo, Japan. [2] The Matsuba-kai is a designated yakuza group with an estimated 360 active members as of 2020. [3] [4] The Matsuba-kai is a member of a yakuza fraternal federation named the Kantō Hatsuka-kai, along with four other Kantō-based ...