The gang leader’s home is located near a school. If the home is being used as a yakuza office, it could violate a prefectural ordinance that bans operations of gang offices in school neighborhoods.

Not only do gang members face possible arrest for simply entering a yakuza office, but in the specially designated areas, they are banned from loitering in the vicinity of a rival gang.

Since leaving the yakuza, Yuyama has run a YouTube channel and run for political office on a platform of prison reform. More from How Crime Works A triangle pointing right which indicates this ...

A leader of Japan's Yakuza crime syndicate who tried to sell Iran weapons-grade plutonium has pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking narcotics, weapons and nuclear material.

Despite being a public official, Hisanobu Komatsu, 72, had ties to organized crime and was considered the “Don of the City Council” while in office. The truth of the collusion that had been going on ...