Japan’s ‘new-wave yakuza’: tokuryu gangs take control of lucrative sex business

Tokyo police have arrested the suspected head of one of Japan’s largest tokuryu organised crime groups after a year-long manhunt, but analysts have warned that such gangs are typically resilient and can operate without their leaders. Horaki Obata, 40, was arrested on Monday on the island of Amami in Kagoshima prefecture in southern Japan following a tip-off, police said. Obata is accused of leading Natural, a tokuryu that scouts women on the streets of Tokyo for the sex industry. He has denied...