Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Japanese name of Elæagnus longipes, a bush that is now cultivated in the United States, prized both for its ornamental character and for the edible cranberry-like fruits.
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Examples
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Kiyoshi Takayama, the second-in-command of the Yamaguchi-gumi, is being held on suspicion of extorting about ¥40m £300,000 from a man involved in the construction industry.
Yakuza chief arrested in Japan Justin McCurry in Tokyo 2010
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The story begins with Sekiuchi (Kitamura Soichiro), boss of the Sannokai, a huge organised crime syndicate controlling the entire Kanto region, issuing a stern warning to his lieutenant Kato (Miura Tomokazu) and right-hand man Ikemoto (Kunimura Jun), head of the Ikemoto-gumi.
Filmstalker: Kitano's The Outrage (Autoreiji) trailer online 2010
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The national police agency declared war on the Yamaguchi-gumi in September in an attempt to rein it in before the release of its leader, Kenichi Shinoda, from prison next spring.
Yakuza chief arrested in Japan Justin McCurry in Tokyo 2010
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Takaharu Ando, the combative head of the national police agency, has vowed to destroy the Yamaguchi-gumi as part of an unprecedented crackdown on organised crime.
Yakuza chief arrested in Japan Justin McCurry in Tokyo 2010
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Takayama was influential in the Yamaguchi-gumi's expansion into Tokyo, an audacious move that led to several shootings in the capital in 2007.
Yakuza chief arrested in Japan Justin McCurry in Tokyo 2010
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Fears of violent power struggle in crime syndicate after Yamaguchi-gumi's second-in-command, Kiyoshi Takayama, is detained in Kobe
Yakuza chief arrested in Japan Justin McCurry in Tokyo 2010
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When Shinoda was sworn in as the Yamaguchi-gumi's sixth don in July 2005, he vowed to expand the 95-year-old organisation's influence beyond its traditional Kobe base.
Yakuza chief arrested in Japan Justin McCurry in Tokyo 2010
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"If Takayama is successfully prosecuted it will be devastating for the Yamaguchi-gumi, and could even spark a war for control of the organisation," said Jake Adelstein, author of Tokyo Vice: an American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan.
Yakuza chief arrested in Japan Justin McCurry in Tokyo 2010
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Shinoda began a six-year prison sentence in December 2005 for violating gun control laws and entrusted the running of the Yamaguchi-gumi to Takayama, who is also head of the organisation's biggest and most violent faction, the Kodo-kai.
Yakuza chief arrested in Japan Justin McCurry in Tokyo 2010
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An estimated 50,000 belong to the Yamaguchi-gumi, which has recently attracted mobsters from smaller gangs targeted by rigorous police investigations.
Yakuza chief arrested in Japan Justin McCurry in Tokyo 2010
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