Heavily inked with dragon and tiger tattoos, 58-year-old Nishimura navigated the yakuza's patriarchal hierarchy -- where brute force and authoritarian leadership reign -- on and off for three decades.
A missing fingertip offers a clue to Mako Nishimura's criminal past as one of Japan's few women yakuza. But after clawing her way out of the underworld, she now spends her days helping other retired ...
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Rare woman yakuza on path to redemption in Japan
A missing fingertip offers a clue to Mako Nishimura's criminal past as one of Japan's few women yakuza. But after clawing her way out of the underworld, she now spends her days helping other retired ...
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