Yamaguchi-gumi
The Yamaguchi-gumi are the most powerful and influential of all the yakuza clans (or families). The Yamaguchi-gumi are also the most powerful gang in the world today. The Yamaguchi-gumi was established in 1915 and is named after it's founder Harukichi Yamaguchi, it has around 39,000 members and is the largest yakuza family by a long shot. The organization gained a lot of public popularity when it became one of the first organizations to join in the relief effort after both the 1995 Kobe earthquake and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake/tsunami by sending supply and helicopters to the affected areas.
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