Yakuza
Members of traditional transnational organized crime syndicates in Japan
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Yakuza (Japanese: ヤクザ), also known as gokudō (極道, "the extreme path", ), are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media (by request of the police) call them bōryokudan (暴力団, "violent groups", ), while the yakuza call themselves ninkyō dantai (任侠団体, "chivalrous organizations", ). The English equivalent for the term yakuza is gangster, meaning an individual involved in a Mafia-like criminal organization.