We may earn a commission from links on this page. Kazuma Kiryu, the hero of Sega's Yakuza series, has a back full of yakuza-style ink. But it's not only Japanese gangsters who tattoo themselves.

Membership of Japan's yakuza criminal underworld hit a new low of 18,800 in 2024 after years of decline, falling below the 20,000 mark for the first time, police data showed on Thursday. Participants ...

Netflix movie The Outsider has been widely criticised for a variety of reasons. The film centres on Nick Lowell (Jared Leto) – an American former prisoner of war who becomes a member of a Yakuza clan ...