The crest of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza group, is shown on a website. - AFP/File / Yoshikazu Tsuno
Tokyo (AFP) - A rift has emerged in Japan's largest "yakuza" organised crime syndicate, the government has said, with police warning that the split could lead to a wave of gang violence.
Like the Italian Mafia and Chinese triads, the yakuza engage in everything from gambling, drugs and prostitution to loan sharking, protection rackets and white-collar crime.
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