Yakuza: A 400-Year History of the Japanese Underworld

In Yakuza: A 400-Year History of the Japanese Underworld, an engaging history of Japan’s organized crime groups from the seventeenth century to the present,…

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1. Yakuza: A 400-Year History of the Japanese Underworld

   Foreign Affairs · 2026-10-20 04:00 UTC

   In Yakuza: A 400-Year History of the Japanese Underworld, an engaging history of Japan’s organized crime groups from the seventeenth century to the present, Andrew Rankin draws readers into the Yakuza’s world of full-body tattoos, severed pinky fingers, and larger-than-life crime bosses.

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