3rd yakuza arrested in connection with corpse found buried in mountains
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on February 9, 2021
HYOGO (TR) – A third member of a criminal syndicate has been arrested in connection with the death of a man whose corpse was found buried in Kyoto Prefecture last year, police have revealed, reports Jiji Press (Feb. 5).
According to police, Wataru Okada, the 48-year-old boss of a gang within the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi, allegedly assisted in the murder of Chikara Yoshida, 47, of no known occupation, and the dumping of his corpse in the mountains of Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto on around December 7, 2019.
Okada was accused of murder and abandoning a corpse on February 5. Police did not reveal whether the suspect admits to the allegations.