Matsuba-kai

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The Matsuba-kai (松葉会) is an Asakusa, Tokyo-based yakuza organization. Its name means "Pine Needle Association".

The gang gained some international prominence in early 2005, when it was revealed that the Urayasu-based cleaning company contracted to Tokyo Disney Resort was run by a member of the Matsuba-kai, Saburo Shiga (志賀 三郎).

Another brush with fame came in the 1980s when the gang was caught smuggling 12 kilos of heroin into Canada.

The Matsuba-kai's current leader is the ethnic Korean Kuniyasu Makino (born I Chun Song).


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