Fukuhaku-kai

Fukuhaku-kai
The daimon of Fukuhaku-kai
Founded1985; 40 years ago (1985)
FounderAkira Umedu
Founding locationFukuoka, Japan
Membership70[1]
Leader(s)Kuniyasu Kaneshiro

The Fukuhaku-kai (福博会) is a yakuza organization based in Fukuoka on the Kyushu island of Japan.[2] The Fukuhaku-kai is a designated yakuza group with an estimated membership of 70.[1]

History

The Fukuhaku-kai was registered as a designated yakuza organization under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in 2000.[3]

Condition

The Fukuhaku-kai is one of the five independent designated yakuza syndicates based in Fukuoka Prefecture, along with the Kudo-kai, the Taishu-kai, the Dojin-kai and the Kyushu Seido-kai.[4] These northern-Kyushu based organizations, excluding the Kyushu Seido-kai, have formed an anti-Yamaguchi-gumi fraternal federation known as the Yonsha-kai. The Fukuhaku-kai has never been a member of this federation,[5] however has caused at least one conflict with the Yamaguchi-gumi, which involved firearms, in 2004.[6]

Territory

Nakasu

The Fukuhaku-kai has been in conflict with four different Yamaguchi-affiliates over the concessions of Nakasu, the largest red-light district in Kyushu, and also with the Dojin-kai and Kudo-kai over their attempts to enter the same territory.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Organized Crime Situation 2023" (PDF). National Police Agency. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime" Archived August 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, December 2009, National Police Agency
  3. ^ "10 years from the enforcement of the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law" Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, March 2002, National Police Agency, (in Japanese)
  4. ^ "Retrospection and Outlook of Crime Measure", p.15 Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Masahiro Tamura, 2009, National Police Agency (in Japanese)
  5. ^ The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi Complete Databook 2008 Edition : "The funeral of the Fourth Kudo-kai Honorary Adviser Hideo Mizoshita" (p.193), 1 February 2009, Mediax, ISBN 978-4-86201-358-3 (in Japanese)
  6. ^ "Boryokudan Situation in 2004" (p.10) Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, April 2005, National Police Agency (in Japanese)
  7. ^ "Crime Situation of Fukuoka Prefecture" (p.17), 2006, Fukuoka Prefecture (in Japanese)