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The Great Japanese Gang Wars
The season for pineapples (yakuza slang for hand grenades) may finally be over. Jake Adelstein and Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky on the bloody, seven-year battle between the Dojin-kai and the Seido-kai.
Jake Adelstein
Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky
Published
Jun. 25 2013
5:53AM EDT
Junji Kurokawa/AP
Jake Adelstein
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Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky
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