Among the seven are Jinryu Kano, 21, a senior member of a group affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi major organised crime syndicate, Yuto Ito, a 27-year-old key member of a group related to the Sumiyoshi-kai syndicate, Takemitsu Fukuhara, 48, a high-ranking member of a group associated with Kyokuto-kai, also a major crime syndicate, and Koji Koike, 47.

   

Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department’s organised crime control division searched more than 10 locations, such as a Tokyo office of the group to which Kano belongs, the same day, seizing about 20 items, including about 27.5 million yen in cash and smartphones.

AloJapan.com