Kyokuto-kai
{{Short description|Japanese criminal organisation}}
{{Infobox criminal organization
| name = Kyokuto-kai
| image = 極東会.png
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| caption = The daimon of Kyokuto-kai
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| founder = Aiji Sekiguchi
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| founding_location = Tokyo, Japan
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| membership = 300{{cite web|url=https://www.police.pref.chiba.jp/content/common/000065484.pdf | title=000065484.pdf|website=Chiba Police|accessdate=2025-04-21}}
| leaders = Jin Takahashi
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The {{nihongo|Kyokuto-kai|極東会|Kyokutō-kai}} is a yakuza organization based in Tokyo, Japan.[http://www.npa.go.jp/english/kokusai/20.pdf "Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810212614/http://www.npa.go.jp/english/kokusai/20.pdf |date=2011-08-10 }}, December 2009, National Police Agency
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History
The Kyokuto-kai was registered as a designated yakuza group under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in July 1993.[http://www.boutui-kochi.net/itiran.htm "List of designated boryokudan groups under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law"], 2 August 2011, The Kochi Prefectural Center for the Elimination of Violence {{in lang|ja}}
Condition
In the early 2000s, the Kyokuto-kai was involved in a feud with the rival Matsuba-kai, which led to a number of shootings.[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20010320a9.html "Midday shooting in Shinjuku hotel leaves gangster dead, cop injured"], 20 March 2001, The Japan Times