The article seems to glorify Yakuza. However, most sources indicate Yakuza are in decline. "but by 2022 it had only 11,400 members and 11,000 quasi-members." h

The article seems to glorify Yakuza. However, most sources indicate Yakuza are in decline. "but by 2022 it had only 11,400 members and 11,000 quasi-members." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuza and https://web.archive.org/web/20230329161113/https://www.npa.go.jp/sosikihanzai/R04sotaijousei/R4jousei.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20230329161113/https://www.npa.g... Can find plenty of other articles on internet showing the same trend. By way of comparison, https://www.insideprison.com/regional_gang_activity_county.asp?ID=1892 https://www.insideprison.com/regional_gang_activity_county.a... indicates about 20k gang members in NYC alone.