The company being sued claims it has bought the real estate. It also argues that yakuza gangs are not democracies where every member has a say. Instead, the company says, the decision by the boss ...

An acquaintance of Nomura once said people might assume that the yakuza boss was an “elite salaryman,” if they did not know about his background. Nomura was born in Kokura city, today’s ...

Her research is widely based on primary sources: ethnography (interviews with yakuza bosses, active and ex-members, investigative journalists), original documents, and statistical data. She is now a ...