Mako Nishimura fought her way into the Japanese underworld, but drug addiction and the slow demise of organised crime gangs almost destroyed her ...

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 37-year-old yakuza member for allegedly threatening a teenage girl with an ice pick ...

From an abusive childhood to becoming the only woman officially accepted into Japan's notorious yakuza, Mako Nishimura's remarkable journey is one of violence, survival, redemption, and second chances ...

Tokyo never sleeps, and neither does she. On stage, she's everything the crowd wants: radiant, untouchable, a star built from lights and choreography. Off stage, she moves through a different world ...