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based in Hyogo,

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Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whi ...

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Yamaken-gumi is a yakuza gang based in Kobe, Japan. It was the largest affiliate, followed by the Nagoya-based Kodo-kai, of the largest known yakuza syndicate in Japan, the Yamaguchi-gumi until 2015. From 2015 to 2020, it was under the umbrella of the Kobe ...

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 ...

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Takumi-gumi The Second Takumi-gumi is a Japanese yakuza gang affiliated with the powerful Yamaguchi-gumi syndicate. The Kansai-based gang was founded in 1967 by Masaru Takumi, the longtime second-in-command (''wakagashira'') and financial oversteer of the Y ...

, and Kyoyu-kai. They broke away from The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi in 2015 and formed a new group called Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi. The authorities closely monitored this split to avoid any, try to relax tensions that exist between the groups, since August there has been a slight increase in crimes throughout the country, ranging from shootings to office attacks. It was not until April 15 of

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, when authorities designated the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi as a crime syndicate.

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