Have there ever been any non-japanese yakuza members?

Of course there has been organized crime by non-Japanese in Japan. Ethnic Koreans were free to open and run pachinko joints in the decade or two after the war; they still have a very significant presence in gambling in Japan. read more

There have been and there are non Japanese yakuza members. The main stream is the resident Koreans. There are so many of them in the upper echelon of major yakuza organizations, it makes one think that being a resident Korean is an important criteria to be “promoted”. read more

He had been skimming funds and underpaying workers for profit, suggesting the gangs’ critics may have been onto something. 7 Yakuza Magazine Earlier this year, Yamaguchi-gumi distributed a newsletter to its almost 28,000 members. read more