Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a member of a criminal syndicate over the alleged blackmailing of a man in Shinjuku ...

Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut is a fantastic game for so many reasons. It’s an updated release of a top-tier Like a Dragon installment with a new mode and more story segments. It runs wonderfully on ...

Yakuza 0 was the first Yakuza game — after many, many attempts on my part — that finally and fully opened my eyes to the magic of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's long-running (and entirely bats**t ...

Developer Ryu Ga Gotuko has been working on its Yakuza/Like a Dragon series since 2005. That’s two decades of drama-filled crime games set in an incredibly detailed open world. RGG has ...

However, with the increasing number of restrictions on yakuza, it’s been said that the number of unregistered quasi-organized crime groups is one the rise. Such groups include the hangure (half gray) ...

In Tokyo, yakuza offices cannot operate within 200 meters of schools, child welfare centers, community halls, museums, probation offices and family courts – as well as libraries.

Think of Japan’s famed yakuza gangs and you might think of heavily tattooed men getting into bloody fights – the stuff of action films and video games. But last week four men were arrested in ...

Japan’s largest Yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend ...

Membership of the nation's yakuza groups hit a new low of 18,800 in 2024 after years of decline, falling below the 20,000 mark for the first time, police data showed this month.

Publisher SEGA and developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have announced Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut for Switch 2. It will launch alongside the console on June 5.

Which is all to say that his long-awaited return to the true spotlight in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is very much appreciated, even if this time around it's an obviously smaller budget ...

To be a Like a Dragon fan is to be a gamer spoiled for choice. Since 2005, the franchise (formerly known as Yakuza), has seen nine mainline entries and 14 spin-offs, making it Sega’s long ...