Japońscy gangsterzy na emeryturze - NYT 15

A photo of Masao with Takeshi Takemoto at Masao's home in Tokyo, Feb. 2, 2023. Takemoto found Masao an apartment and a job after he left the yakuza. (...

Takeshi Takemoto, front, watches TV at home with Masao, another member of the Ryuyukai softball team, in Tokyo, Feb. 2, 2023. Takemoto loved the lifes...

Takeshi Takemoto shows his hands -- each missing a finger -- at home in Tokyo, Feb. 2, 2023. "I've only got eight fingers. Who's going to hire me?" sa...

Masao, a former yakuza who credits the Ryuyukai softball team with helping him stay off drugs, at home in Tokyo, Feb. 2, 2023. The members of the Ryuy...

Yuji Ryuzaki with his business partner at home in Tokyo, July 22, 2022. Much of Ryuzaki's current work, he admitted, existed in a gray zone. (Shiho Fu...

Yuji Ryuzaki, center, shops for dinner with some of his employees, who are also members of the Ryuyukai softball team, in Tokyo, July 22, 2022. The me...

Yuji Ryuzaki, center, plays mahjong at home with his employees in Tokyo, July 22, 2022. Like most of his colleagues, Ryuzaki sees the yakuza -- and hi...

Yuji Ryuzaki smokes after lunch in Tokyo, June 12, 2022. Ryuzaki needs treatment for lung disease. (Shiho Fukada/The New York Times)

Members of the Ryuyukai softball team practice before a game in suburban Tokyo, July 3, 2022. The members of the Ryuyukai have done nearly 100 years o...

Yuji Ryuzaki, of the Ryuyukai softball team, heads to a game in suburban Tokyo, July 3, 2022. Ryuzaki said he wanted to show the world that gangsters...

Members of the Ryuyukai softball team at a game in suburban Tokyo, July 3, 2022. The Ryuyukai's roster features former yakuza, as well as acquaintance...

Yuji Ryuzaki, left, of the Ryuyukai softball team, speaks with an umpire before a game in suburban Tokyo, July 3, 2022. In the club's early days, some...

Yuji Ryuzaki, foreground, with other members of the Ryuyukai softball team at a game in suburban Tokyo, July 3, 2022. The members of the Ryuyukai have...

Yuji Ryuzaki, center, with other members of the Ryuyukai softball team at a game in suburban Tokyo, July 3, 2022. Ryuzaki established the Ryuyukai in...

A member of the Ryuyukai softball team bows in respect to another member driving away in Tokyo, June 12, 2022. The bowing is a sign of the rigid hiera...