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Four Arrested Under Tokyo’s Strict Yakuza Gang Laws – but Not for the Reason You Think

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By Jessie Yeung and Yumi Asada, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Think of Japan’s famed yakuza gangs and you might think of heavily tattooed men getting into bloody fights – the stuff of action films and video games. But last week four men were arrested in Tokyo for a more mundane crime – operating a yakuza office too close to a library. The suspects, ages 55 to 77, “conspired” to operate an office from June 2024 to February 2025, “despite the fact that the ar…

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Four arrested under Tokyo’s strict yakuza gang laws – but not for the reason you think

Even Japan’s famed yakuza gangs are subject to city laws and regulations.

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Too Close to the Library. The Managers of the Yakuza Office Were Arrested for Its Location

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Four Members of a Yakuza Gang Arrested in Japan for Having Their Workplace Too Close to a Library

Last week, the police in Kiyose, a suburb of Tokyo, arrested four members of the Sumiyoshi yakuza gang for having an office too close to a library, Japanese media reported. Their office was located 90 meters from one of the city’s libraries, which is within the 200-meter legal limit. Unlike criminal gangs in other parts of the world, the yakuza in Japan have their own offices and are officially registered. There are currently 25 officially regis…

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