{{Short description|Yakuza organization based in Osaka}} [[File:東組.png|thumb|upright|Daimon of Azuma-gumi]] The {{nihongo|'''Azuma-gumi'''|東組}} is a yakuza organization based in Osaka, Japan.<ref name="npa_20">[http://www.npa.go.jp/english/kokusai/20.pdf "Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810212614/http://www.npa.go.jp/english/kokusai/20.pdf |date=2011-08-10 }}, December 2009, ''National Police Agency''</ref> The Azuma-gumi is a designated yakuza group with an estimated 50 active members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.police.pref.chiba.jp/content/common/000065484.pdf | title=000065484.pdf|website=Chiba Police|accessdate=2025-04-21}}</ref><ref name="PWP2010">[http://www.npa.go.jp/hakusyo/h22/honbun/pdf/22p02000.pdf "2010 Police White Paper Chapter 2 : Furtherance of Organized Crime Countermeasures"], 2010, ''National Police Agency'' {{in lang|ja}}</ref>
==History== The Azuma-gumi was registered as a designated yakuza group under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in August 1993.<ref>[http://www.boutui-kochi.net/itiran.htm "List of designated boryokudan groups under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law"], 2 August 2011, ''The Kochi Prefectural Center for the Elimination of Violence'' {{in lang|ja}}</ref>
==Condition== The Azuma-gumi is one of the two designated yakuza groups based in the Osaka Prefecture, along with the Sakaume-gumi, and maintains its headquarters office in Nishinari, Osaka.<ref name="PWP2010"/> thumb|right|Azuma-gumi Nishinari office
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{{Designated Boryokudan}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Azuma-Gumi}} Category:1960 establishments in Japan Category:Yakuza groups