Organized Crime: Japanese gang leader steps down

O.K. so this isn't exactly related to business but as I always make my own rules, I am allowed to break them occasionally! In any case, there is not too much difference between the head of this organization and the heads of some corporate organizations!

The head of Japan's largest underworld gang, the Yamaguchi-gumi, has stepped after 16 years as its leader.

According to a local police official (who insisted on remaining anonymous]) the retirement of Yoshinori Watanabe, 64, was made official during a meeting of the gang's leaders at its headquarters in Kobe. Dozens of police were deployed around the headquarters and at local train stations.

To give you a bit of background info there is an excellent biography on Gangster Inc. written by David Amoruso. Yoshinori Watanabe