A missing fingertip offers a clue to Mako Nishimura’s criminal past as one of Japan’s few women yakuza. Having clawed her way out of the underworld, she now spends her days helping other retired ...

It's almost an inverse fairytale: rather than a frog being transformed into a prince when he is kissed by the princess, in Japan, a princess becomes a commoner when she marries a non-royal. Such is ...