The is a now-defunct
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 ...
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 nor ...
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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 ...
. 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.
Histor ...
.
It was designated by the Japanese police as a
boryokudan
, also known as , are members of Transnational crime, transnational organized crime, organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media, by request of the police, call them , while the ''yakuza'' call themselves . ...
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 dockworkers in Kobe before World War II.
It is one of the largest criminal organizations i ...
syndicate.
Organizations disestablished in 2004
2004 disestablishments in Japan
Yakuza groups
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