Tokyo: In a concerning development, a leader of Japan's notorious gang has reportedly orchestrated a scheme to smuggle ...

An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicate has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as ...

A leader of Japan's Yakuza crime syndicate who tried to sell Iran weapons-grade plutonium has pleaded guilty to charges of ...

Mafia leader caught in sting operation trying to sell weapons-grade nuclear material to man he believed was Iranian general ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share NEW YORK (AP) — The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to ...

In February 2024, U.S. authorities charged the Japanese "yakuza" crime leader with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar for expected use by Iran in nuclear weapons. He was also ...

Is South Asia's map about to change? India, China in tension after Arakan Army's occupation of Myanmar-Bangladesh border, can ...

Takeshi Ebisawa facing life in prison after admitting sourcing radioactive material to be used in nuclear programme ...

A leader from Japan ’s Yakuza crime syndicate has admitted to ‘brazenly’ trafficking nuclear material from Myanmar to be used by Iran. Takeshi Ebisawa was captured during an undercover operation as he ...

Oil prices have started the year rallying aggressively, with Brent breaking $80 on Friday morning for the first time since ...

Early last year he was also hit with charges over the purported Iranian sale ... out to Ebisawa’s lawyers for comment on the case. Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has been embroiled ...