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ORGANIZED CRIME

EDITORIALS
Jul 23, 2016
The need to protect lay judges
The foundation of the lay judge system could be at risk unless these citizen judges are protected from intimidation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jun 4, 2016
Legal reform may start rooting out gangsters
Lawmakers in the Diet approved reform to the country's criminal justice system last month, mandating the recording of police interrogations in certain circumstances, revamping the existing wiretap law and introducing a plea bargain system for the first time.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2016
Stamp out the insidious tentacles of corruption
World leaders are increasingly recognizing that corruption is a menace to development, human dignity, and global security. It's time they acted.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 7, 2016
New Yorker wearing cement shoes was killed by asphyxiation: official
A man whose face was wrapped in duct tape and feet encased in concrete when his body washed ashore in New York City this week was killed by asphyxia, the New York City Medical Examiner's Office said Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 28, 2016
U.S. seeks three more years in prison for mobster Bulger's girlfriend
U.S. Federal prosecutors on Thursday are set to ask a judge to order former Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger's girlfriend to spend three more years in prison for refusing to say if anyone helped the couple during their 16 years on the run.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Apr 2, 2016
The drug problem that keeps getting older
Former pro baseball player Kazuhiro Kiyohara was released from police custody on ¥5 million bail last month following his arrest and subsequent indictment for alleged possession and use of stimulant drugs.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 3, 2016
Italian Mafia earnings from drugs rival Fiat's from cars: report
Italian mobsters make as much money trafficking narcotics in Italy as Fiat does selling cars, but without having to pay taxes, the anti-Mafia prosecutors office said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2016
With new law, U.S. challenges slavery by banning forced labor imports
President Barack Obama signed a bill on Wednesday barring the import of goods produced by forced labor from entering the United States, throwing the weight of the U.S. market into the fight against global slavery.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 17, 2016
Italy decriminalizes obscene acts, other minor crimes to unburden justice system
Italy decriminalized a long list of minor crimes on Friday, from obscene acts to blunders by cannabis researchers, to ease pressure on an overburdened justice system that ranks among the least efficient in the world.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2016
'Grandpa gang' guilty of London's biggest burglary
Three men were found guilty on Thursday in the largest burglary in English legal history, a daring multimillion pound raid on a safe-deposit business in London's jewelry district led by pensioners who had spent a life in crime.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 19, 2015
Gangs, girl power and getting old: Japan's magazines ring out 2015
A roundup of the final weekly magazines of 2015 finds many preoccupied with the split within the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza group.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Dec 6, 2015
Beware Japan's old problems posing in new packaging
When government announcements describe 'new' problems and propose solutions, they should be taken with a side-order of salt.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Oct 31, 2015
'Obsolete' gangsters proving problematic
Organized crime syndicates are not fading away, they're just becoming obsolete.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 23, 2015
Kodo-kai still raking in funds despite tougher yakuza laws
The Kodokai is emerging as Japan's strongest yakuza group, thanks to its prodigious money-making skills.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Sep 5, 2015
Gang split may end with a whimper, not a bang
A detective who specialized in organized crime once told me a dark joke: What type of crime occurs when a member of the yakuza kills another gangster? Answer: destruction of property.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 2, 2015
'Violent outbreaks' feared after 13 yakuza brass split
A century after its founding, the Kobe-based Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest and most notorious crime syndicate, appears to have expelled 13 of its approximately 70 affiliated gang leaders Tuesday, creating local fears of related gang violence.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 3, 2015
Litvinenko believed Putin linked to organized crime, ex-KGB spy's widow says
Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian agent killed with polonium in London, believed Vladimir Putin lacked the mettle to stamp out corruption inside Russia's security agency and that he had links to organized crime, his widow said on Monday.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

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