The is a

yakuza , also known as , are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media (by request of the police) call them , while the yakuza call themselves . The English equivalent for the term ''yak ...

group based in

Takamatsu, Kagawa 270px, Takamatsu City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Takamatsu city center 270px, View from Yashima to Takashima port is a capital city located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 414,134 in 190,120 households an ...

Shikoku is the smallest of the List of islands of Japan#Main islands, four main islands of Japan. It is long and between at its widest. It has a population of 3.8 million, the least populated of Japan's four main islands. It is south of Honshu ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

."Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime"
December 2009, ''

National Police Agency National Police may refer to the national police forces of several countries: *Afghanistan: Afghan National Police *Haiti: Haitian National Police *Canada: Royal Canadian Mounted Police *Colombia: National Police of Colombia *Cuba: National Revolut ...

'' It has an estimated 30 active members.

History

The Takamatsu Shinwa-kai was renamed the Shinwa-kai in 1971."1993 Police White Paper Chapter 1 : The Actual Condition of the Boryokudan"
1993, ''

'' The Shinwa-kai was registered as a designated yakuza group in December 1992.

Condition

The Shinwa-kai has been based in

, ever since its formation, and is the only designated yakuza group based in the

region. The Shinwa-kai is one of the four designated yakuza syndicates active in

Kagawa Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Pr ...

, along with the

Yamaguchi-gumi is Japan's largest ''yakuza'' organization. It is named after its founder Harukichi Yamaguchi. Its origins can be traced back to a loose labor union for longshoreman, dockworkers in Kobe before World War II. It is one of the largest organized cr ...

, the

Sumiyoshi-kai The , sometimes referred to as the , is the second-largest yakuza group in Japan with an estimated 2,100 members. Outline Their territories mainly consist of upscale districts such as Kabukichō and Ginza. Shops operating in these territories ...

, and the Kyodo-kai. Since 1996, the Shinwa-kai has been a member of an anti- Yamaguchi federation named the Gosha-kai, along with four Chugoku-based organizations, the Kyosei-kai, the Kyodo-kai, the Goda-ikka, and the Asano-gumi."The Fourth Kyosei-kai"
20 February 2008, ''Matsue Joho Center''

References

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