The was 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 ''yak ...
gang formerly based in
Numazu, Shizuoka
is a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 189,486 in 91,986 households, and a population density of 1,014 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Numazu is at the n ...
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. It was an organization of the
tekiya
''Tekiya'' ( or ; "peddlers") are itinerant Japanese merchants who, along with the ''bakuto'' ("gamblers"), historically were predecessors to the modern ''yakuza''.
A loose American equivalent of the ''tekiya'' could be seen in carnies.
History ...
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It was designated by the Japanese police as a
boryokudan group in July, 1993. It disbanded in November 2004, and its boryokudan status was removed the following May.
When the group disbanded, approximately half its members retired. The other half are still active yakuza working for the Fifth
Yamaguchi-gumi
is Japan's largest ''yakuza'' organization. It is named after its founder Harukichi Yamaguchi. Its origins can be traced back to a loose labor union for longshoreman, dockworkers in Kobe before World War II.
It is one of the largest organized cr ...
syndicate.
Organizations disestablished in 2004
2004 disestablishments in Japan
Yakuza groups
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