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The is a yakuza organization based in Fukuoka Prefecture on the Kyushu island of Japan, with an estimated 380 active members.〔("Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime" ), December 2009, ''National Police Agency''〕 Headquartered in the southern Fukuoka region of Omuta, the Kyushu Seido-kai maintains its offices in five other prefectures including Tokyo.〔("Boryokudan Situation in 2010" ), April 2011, ''National Police Agency'' 〕 Since its formation, the Kyushu Seido-kai has been known for its blatant armed conflicts with its former parent syndicate, the Dojin-kai,〔("Gangster tied to slaying in Saga hospital arrested" ), 26 November 2007, ''The Japan Times''〕 involving various hazardous weapons such as automatic firearms, petrol bombs and hand grenades. While violently feuding with the Dojin-kai, the Kyushu Seido-kai has caused deaths among several innocent civilians as well as numerous yakuza members,〔("Firing on a car belonging to a Dojin-kai insider, possibly from a conflict with the Seido-kai" ), 30 March 2011, ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' 〕 and because of that, despite being a relatively recently established group, the Kyushu Seido-kai has been a designated yakuza group since 2008.〔("National Police Agency searches the Kyushu Seidokai's office, for blackmail among others" ), 31 October 2008, ''Sankei Shimbun'' 〕 ==History== The Kyushu Seido-kai launched in 2006 as the Dojin-kai's splinter group〔("Japan: Residents go to courts to evict yakuza" ), 26 August 2008, ''The Guardian''〕 led by the Omuta-based Murakami-ikka clan,〔 after the long-time Dojin-kai boss Seijiro Matsuo announced his resignation, sparking a war of succession.〔("The town that took on the yakuza" ), 9 September 2008, ''The Independent''〕 In 2007 a Dojin-kai member attempted to murder a Seido-kai member, but ended up killing an innocent bystander.〔http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20071126a3.html〕 The Kyushu Seido-kai ended up receiving official registration as a designated yakuza group under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law on February 28, 2008.〔("Boryokudan Situation in 2007" ), April 2008, ''National Police Agency'' 〕 Since 2011, the Seido-kai's feud with the Dojin-kai has reportedly been escalating,〔("Shot : One hurt in the Dojin-kai President's house, Kurume" ), 26 August 2011, ''Mainichi Shimbun'' 〕 and many Seido members have been killed by the Dojin-kai; two Seido seniors were killed by alleged Dojin-kai's grenades in Omuta (April),〔("Explosive in car kills ex-gang boss, brother" ), 8 April 2011, ''Yomiuri Shimbun''〕 one Seido member was stabbed to death in Ogi, Saga (April),〔("Seido-kai member was stabbed to death immediately after getting off his car" ), 21 April 2011, ''Sankei Shimbun'' 〕 and one Seido senior was shot to death in Imari, Saga (April).〔("Hospital murder, Dojin-kai member was arrested" ), 10 July 2011, ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kyushu Seido-kai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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