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 Seiji Takayama, the young leader of Yamaguchigumi VI, landed at Tokyo Station in the middle of the day. Under high alert, he went to the funeral of a Sumiyoshi-kai executive. There, the Sumiyoshi-kai chairman and the Inagawa-kai chairman held a "yakuza summit". The inside story: ......

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