‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza

Mako Nishimura fought her way into the Japanese underworld, but drug addiction and the slow demise of organised crime gangs almost destroyed her ...
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Rare woman yakuza on path to redemption in Japan

GIFU - A missing fingertip offers a clue to Mako Nishimura's criminal past as one of Japan's few women yakuza. But after clawing her way out of the underworld, she now spends her days helping other ...
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‘We don’t hit women’: How Yakuza differs from GTA

Masayoshi Yokoyama is one of the main designers of hugely successful 'Yakuza' games - Copyright AFP Richard A. Brooks Masayoshi Yokoyama is one of the main designers ...
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'We Don't Hit Women': How Yakuza Differs From GTA

The "Yakuza" gangster series has long been seen as a Japanese "Grand Theft Auto" but Masayoshi Yokoyama, one of the main designers of the hugely successful games, dismisses any such comparison. The ...