Tokyo: In a concerning development, a leader of Japan's notorious gang has reportedly orchestrated a scheme to smuggle ...

Takeshi Ebisawa faces a maximum punishment of life in prison after pleading guilty to six counts in a Manhattan court.

Khamenei continues to resist such notions. In a defiant speech on January 8, he lambasted the U.S. as an imperialist power ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share NEW YORK (AP) — The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to ...

The leader of a Japanese crime syndicate who was charged by U.S. authorities with trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar ...

Myanmar has encountered challenges with its fleet of JF-17 Thunder fighter jets, a joint development by China and Pakistan.

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, a Yakuza leader, was said to have "brazenly trafficked nuclear material, including weapons-grade plutonium".

Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia, is facing a severe crisis as it spirals into a full-blown civil war. The situation ...

and Myanmar. Turkey, like Iran, is also seeking closer ties with non-western economic blocs. Araghchi and his Chinese counterpart also discussed the situation in the Middle East. “The Middle ...

A Japanese mafia boss has pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar to Iran along with drug trafficking and weapons offences. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, a member of the ...

In February 2024, U.S. authorities charged the Japanese "yakuza" crime leader with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar for expected use by Iran in nuclear weapons. He was also ...