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Yakuza News

Yakuza 3 Trailer (Voodoo Extreme) The first Playstation 3 outing for the modern-day Yakuza: Suing the gang next door: Yakuza dragged to court (International Herald Tribune) More than 600 residents recently went to court to oust the Dojinkai from its six-story headquarters in the western Japanese city of Kurume. Neighborhood in Japan sues in bid to oust mafia (International Herald Tribune) The lawsuit, the first of its kind in Japan, shined a spotlight on how the yakuza occupy a place much closer to society's mainstream than its American counterparts do. Only Shallow (Anime News Network) I'll warn you all right now: between a new Dragon Ball game and a port of Chrono Trigger , this column's heavy on Akira Toriyama . So if you're among those possessed by a pathological hatred of everything he's touched, it's best to turn back now. Neighborhood in Japan Sues in Bid to Oust Mafia (New York Times) Organized crime, considered a necessary evil, is tolerated by, and sometimes allied with, the authorities in Japan.

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