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yakuza

members of traditional transnational organized crime syndicates in Japan
Organization criminal_organization Q183287
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Summary

yakuza is a criminal organization[1]. yakuza ranks in the top 1% of criminal organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32,486 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: occupation[3]
  • Commons category: Yakuza[4]
  • Field of this occupation: organized crime[5]
  • Inception: 1700[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Yakuza[7]
  • Different from: Yakuza[8]
  • Operating area: Japan[9], Pacific Ocean[10], United States[11], Germany[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

yakuza has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] yakuza is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Germany Japan United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → yakuza
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX531597
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX531597"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0441075-yakuza
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0441075-yakuza, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → Yakuza
    Aliases → —
    Inception → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 27853, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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