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Name Japanese Name Headquarters Designated in Notes Ishikawa-ikka 石川一家 Saga: 1993–1995 Ishikawa is the surname of the boss. It was joined to the Yamaguchi-gumi V in 1995. Dainippon-Heiwa-kai II 二代目大日本平和会 Hyogo: 1994–1997 It was successor of Honda-kai. Dainippon means Great Japan and heiwa means peace. It was not ...
Many veterans faced difficulty readjusting to society after the war, and some turned to custom car making and gang-like activities on city streets to gain an adrenaline fix. These early bōsōzoku took inspiration from American greaser culture and imported Western films; bōsōzoku became known for its many similarities to old American biker ...
On August 27, 2015, Japanese police confirmed that powerful factions, including the Kobe-based Yamaken-gumi, the Osaka-based Takumi-gumi, and the Kyoyu-kai, broke away from the Yamaguchi-gumi and formed a new group called the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi. [17] [18] Prior to the split, the organization consisted of seventy-two factions. [19]
Sukeban (スケバン/助番) is a Japanese term meaning ' delinquent girl ', and the female equivalent to the male banchō in Japanese culture. The usage of the word sukeban refers to either the leader of a girl gang or the entire gang itself, [4] [better source needed] and is not used to refer to any one member of a girl gang.
This is a list of Japanese clans. The old clans ( gōzoku ) mentioned in the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki lost their political power before the Heian period , during which new aristocracies and families, kuge , emerged in their place.
Michael Ochs Archives/GettyThe studio single version of “Chain Gang” was released July 26, 1960. It becomes Cooke’s biggest hit of a year that saw him push a lot of lushly orchestrated ...
Yakuza exclusion ordinances or Organized crime exclusion ordinances (暴力団排除条例, Bōryoku-dan Haijo Jōrei) is the Japanese collective term for ordinances or local laws that aim to cut the citizen–yakuza relationship. [1] The intent is to shift from "the yakuza versus the police" to "the yakuza versus society".
The term kabukimono is often translated into English as "strange things" or "the crazy ones", believed to be derived from kabuku, meaning "to slant" or "to deviate"; the term is also the origin of the name for kabuki theatre (歌舞伎) as the founder of kabuki, Izumo no Okuni, took heavy inspiration from the kabukimono (歌舞伎者). [2]