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The second major instance of drug abuse was directly promoted by Japan's domestic yakuza groups, who organized the trafficking of methamphetamine. Yakuza groups built methamphetamine manufacturing plants in South Korea and Taiwan, and smuggled the drug into Japan to sell to students as well as the general public. [4]
With its activities of drug trafficking, the Dojin-kai has allegedly been Japan's largest wholesale dealer in drugs since the late 20th century, after the disbanding of three other yakuza groups based in northern Kyushu; Tagawa-based Sadaoka-gumi, known as Japan's Methlord in the Showa era, which was crushed by the Taishu-kai, Okawa-based ...
Miyagawa Yashukichi (born c. 1888) was a Japanese drug trafficker who, while residing in Great Britain as a purchasing agent for a Japanese company, was responsible for one of the largest drug rings in operation at the time.
The Yamaguchi-gumi are among the world's wealthiest gangsters, bringing in billions of dollars a year from extortion, gambling, prostitution, arms trafficking, drug trafficking, real estate and construction kickback schemes. They are also involved in stock market manipulation and Internet pornography. [2] [3]
Nicholas John 'Nick' Baker is a British citizen who was convicted of smuggling cocaine and ecstasy into Japan.He was arrested at Narita Airport on 13 April 2002 and found guilty by the Chiba Prefecture District Court in June 2003.
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Matsumura, hemophilia expert Takeshi Abe and three former presidents of blood product maker Green Cross Corp. were indicted over the scandal. [ 1 ] The Osaka High Court found Renzo Matsushita, a former president of the Osaka-based Green Cross company, and two of his colleagues—Tadakazu Suyama and Takehiko Kawano—guilty of professional ...
Kenji Doihara (土肥原 賢二, Doihara Kenji, 8 August 1883 – 23 December 1948) was a Japanese army officer and war criminal.As a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, he was instrumental in the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.