Japan's yakuza — once powerful organized crime figures — are reduced to stealing Pokémon cards
A deck of Pokémon trading cards.
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- Tokyo police arrested a yakuza boss, accusing him of stealing Pokémon cards.
- The yakuza once had a fearsome, violent reputation. This arrest marks a shift to petty crimes.
- Anti-gang laws and lower profits have made yakuza membership less appealing to younger Japanese.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police last week arrested an executive of the Takinogawa gang, a faction of Japan's second-most powerful organized crime syndicate — the Sumiyoshi-kai.
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