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Japan’s Once Influential Yakuza Mobsters Lose Their Grip

A member of the Yakuza shows off his tattoos during the Sanja Matsuri in Tokyo, 2014.
A member of the Yakuza shows off his tattoos during the Sanja Matsuri in Tokyo, 2014. Raul Ariano/ZUMA

In Japan, the yakuza traditionally controlled vice businesses and demanded shakedowns. But as their dwindling numbers are hunted down by the authorities, the mobsters are trying to reinvent themselves to survive.

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