Toa Yuai Jigyo Kumiai

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Tōa Yūai Jigyō Kumiai (東亜友愛事業組合), or the East Asia Friendship Enterprise Association, is a Japanese yakuza syndicate with a predominantly Korean membership. It was founded by Hisayuki Machii (町井 久之 Machii Hisayuki, born 鄭 建永 Chong Gwon Yong; 1923 - 2002) AKA "the Ginza Tiger" (銀座の虎), and currently has around 1,000 members. It is sometimes called the Tōa-kai (東亜会).

The group was founded as the Tōsei-kai (東声会) in 1948, and quickly became one of Tokyo's most powerful gangs. Increasing police crackdowns by 1965 forced Machii to disband the Tosei-kai and establish a new gang, the Toa Yuai Jigyo Kumiai. He also formed a "legitimate" company called the Tōa Sōgo Kigyō (東亜相互企業), or East Asia Enterprises Company, with the famous Yoshio Kodama as Chairman of the Board.

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