A web site displays a video image of the Yamaguchi-gumi crest, Japan's largest yakuza, or mobster group. - AFP/File / Yoshikazu Tsuno
Tokyo (AFP) - Thousands of Japanese "yakuza" mobsters have officially formed a new group after splitting off from the country's largest organised crime syndicate, raising concerns for possible inter-gang conflicts, reports said Sunday.
Leaders of 13 factions kicked out of the "Yamaguchi-gumi" syndicate -- Japan's largest mobster or "yakuza" group which boasts 23,000 members and associates -- held the first formal meeting on Saturday in the western city of Kobe, local media reported.
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