The is a

yakuza , also known as , are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media, by request of the police, call them , while the ''yakuza'' call themselves . The English equivalent for the term ...

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based in

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

."Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime"
December 2009, ''

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'' The Azuma-gumi is a designated yakuza group with an estimated 90 active members."2010 Police White Paper Chapter 2 : Furtherance of Organized Crime Countermeasures"
2010, ''

History

The Azuma-gumi was registered as a designated yakuza group under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in August 1993."List of designated boryokudan groups under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law"
2 August 2011, ''The Kochi Prefectural Center for the Elimination of Violence''

Condition

The Azuma-gumi is one of the two designated yakuza groups based in the

Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...

, along with the

Sakaume-gumi The is a yakuza organization based in Osaka, Japan.

, and maintains its headquarters office in Nishinari, Osaka.

References

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