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The Inagawa-kai is the third-largest yakuza family in Japan, with roughly 3,300 members. It is based in the Tokyo-Yokohama area and was one of the first yakuza families to expand its operations outside of Japan. Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi (神戸山口組, Kōbe-Yamaguchi-gumi) The Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi is the fourth-largest yakuza family, with 3,000 ...
This article is a list of shoguns that ruled Japan intermittently, as hereditary military dictators, [1] from the beginning of the Asuka period in 709 until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868. [ a ]
Shimizu Jirocho (1820–1893) is Japan's most famous yakuza and folk hero. [16] He was born Chogoro Yamamoto, but changed his name when he was adopted, a common Japanese practice. [17] His life and exploits were featured in sixteen films between 1911 and 1940.
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Yakuza membership has been steadily declining since the 1990s. According to the National Police Agency, the total number of registered gangsters fell 14% between 1991 and 2012, to 78,600. [15] Of those, 34,900 were Yamaguchi-gumi members, a decline of 4% from 2010. [15]
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The group was formed in 1948 as the Goda-gumi (合田組, Gōda-gumi) in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi by Koichi Goda, then a member of an old yakuza clan, the Kagotora-gumi. The Goda-gumi was renamed the Goda-ikka in 1968. [3] It was registered as a designated yakuza group under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in July 1992. [4]
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