TOKYO: Japan’s biggest organized crime syndicate has launched its own website, complete with corporate song and a strong anti-drugs message, as the yakuza looks to turn around its outdated image and falling membership.

The clunky-sounding “Banish Drugs and Purify the Nation League” website is an offering from the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest yakuza grouping.

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