1.   Brokerage houses are also reeling from reports that Nomura Securities Co. has funneled profits from authorized trading to Japanese gangsters known as sokaiya.

2.   Even the yakuza, the Japanese gangsters who see themselves as the toughest businessmen, are being driven out by shrewder and more ruthless Chinese gangs.

3.   He retired from the Marine Corps and became a black marketeer, diverting truckloads of beer intended for American troops and selling it to Japanese gangsters.

4.   No one says Japanese gangsters and bankers regularly shake hands over business deals behind bamboo window shades.

5.   Securities companies are also reeling from reports that Nomura Securities Co. has funneled profits from authorized trading to Japanese gangsters.

6.   The company has lost several big clients since it admitted transferring profits to compensate a client linked to Japanese gangsters for losses.

7.   The movie, directed by Kinji Fukasaku, a maker of yakuza, or Japanese gangster films, opened to howls of protest from politicians.

8.   A man believed to be an associate of Japanese gangsters was shot dead Friday on a street in Takamatsu on the main island of Shikoku, local police said.

9.   A fugitive Japanese gangster accused of killing a top mob boss was found dead in a hideout in Seoul, South Korean police said Tuesday.

10.   Accepting criminal sentences is part of an honor code among Japanese gangsters.