Japan’s largest yakuza group, or ... The Yamaguchi-gumi had more than 23,400 members at the end of 2014 according to the National Police Agency, making the organization the most powerful of 21 ...

The alleged assassin who shot dead Shinzo Abe on Friday believed the former Japanese prime minister was involved in a “specific organization” — and that his grudge wasn’t political, police ...

The number of yakuza, Japan’s organized crime group members, hit its lowest record since the country’s first anti-organized crime laws passed in 1992, the National Police Agency announced this ...

Japanese police said Thursday they will introduce artificial intelligence technology to identify social media posts in which people are recruited to commit crimes like robbery and fraud. Starting ...

Japanese police chief acknowledges 'problems with our security ... told investigators he acted because he believed rumours that Abe was connected to an organization that he resents, police said.

TOKYO -- Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) will raise the maximum reward for an anonymous crime report from 100,000 yen (about $680) to 1 million y ...

Japanese police have arrested two U.S. Marines on Okinawa in separate drunken driving incidents involving collisions since Wednesday, March 30, ... Japan, for the news organization.

Officials say an 18-year-old army trainee shot three fellow soldiers at a firing range on a Japanese army base, killing two of them. Trainee is accused of shooting 3 soldiers on Japanese army base ...