In Japan, the turf-protecting gang known as the yakuza is being replaced by its female equivalent: the Sukeban, the country's first all-women band of thugs.

It's costly to kill people.” Yakuza gangs, long tolerated as a “necessary evil” in Japan, have been in slow decline since organized crime countermeasures were enacted in the early 1990s.

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Risa Yamada grew up fatherless and struggled to find consistent work until she stumbled on an intriguing job listing: one of a growing number of advertisements posted on social media by Japanese ...