Japan's top mob boss retires from underworld post

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The head of Japan's largest underworld gang, the Yamaguchi-gumi, stepped down yesterday after 16 years as its leader, reports and a police official said.
The retirement of Yoshinori Watanabe, 64, was made official during a meeting of the gang's leaders at its headquarters in the western Japanese city of Kobe, according to a local police official who demanded he not be further identified. Dozens of police were deployed around the headquarters and at local train stations.

Watanabe will be replaced by the current No. 2 leader, Kenichi Shinoda, who is 63, Japan's Kyodo News service reported. Watanabe will continue to hold a senior advisory post, it said.

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In my opinion, Yamaguchi-gumi was an American leader in Japan. I don't think America just left Japan after WWII. I think we placed our networks in all aspects Japan's society. Police, military, political, mafia...