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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 ter ...

organization An organization or organisation (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), see spelling differences), is an legal entity, entity—such as ...

based in

Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since anc ...

on the Kyushu island of Japan. The Fukuhaku-kai is a designated yakuza group with an estimated membership of 80.

History

The Fukuhaku-kai was registered as a designated yakuza organization under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in 2000.

Condition

The Fukuhaku-kai is one of the five independent designated yakuza syndicates based in

Fukuoka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders S ...

, along with the

Kudo-kai The is a yakuza group headquartered in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka on the Kyushu island of Japan, with an estimated 220 active members.Taishu-kai The is a yakuza organization based in Fukuoka Prefecture on the Kyushu island of Japan, with an estimated 80 active members. History The Taishu-kai was formed around 1954 under the name by , a mineworker who became the first president. The Ota G ...

, the

Dojin-kai The is a yakuza organization headquartered in Kurume, Fukuoka, on the Kyushu island of Japan,

and the Kyushu Seido-kai. These northern-Kyushu based organizations, excluding the Kyushu Seido-kai, have formed an anti-

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 ...

fraternal federation known as the Yonsha-kai. The Fukuhaku-kai has never been a member of this federation, however has caused at least one conflict with the Yamaguchi-gumi, which involved firearms, in 2004.

Territory

The Fukuhaku-kai has been in conflict with four different Yamaguchi-affiliates over the concessions of

Nakasu is the red-light district which exists between the sandbank of the and the in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is named after a popular, but very short-lived, entertainment quarter of Edo, which existed in the late 18th century. T ...

, the largest red-light district in Kyushu, and also with the

Dojin-kai The is a yakuza organization headquartered in Kurume, Fukuoka, on the Kyushu island of Japan,

and

Kudo-kai The is a yakuza group headquartered in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka on the Kyushu island of Japan, with an estimated 220 active members."Crime Situation of Fukuoka Prefecture" (p.17)
2006, ''

References

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