Yakuza with 1 or 2 bullets holds off ALL of Tokyo's cops

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Gangster still holed up in condo after shootout with police
UTSUNOMIYA, Japan / May 19 (00 :01) Kyodo - A gangster who locked himself in his condominium in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, after exchanging gunshots with police continued to refuse to surrender Tuesday evening, police said....

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Even the Kanagawa police went - I was amazed to discover that there are police in Kanagawa that are vaguely useful...

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Standoff continues with woman willing to die with gangster
Mainichi Shimbun, Japan - May 19, 2004 / 5:05 pm JST... Investigators have tried to persuade Hatakeyama to come out of the apartment so he can be taken to hospital. However, as of around noon on Wednesday, he has refused to comply..

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Gangster still holed up in condo after shootout with policeUTSUNOMIYA, Japan / May 19 (00 :01).... after exchanging gunshots with police continued to refuse to surrender Tuesday evening, police said....

As shown on NHK TV morning news:

At 5:30am Thursday, the cops blew the door and "discovered" the ganster "who to refused to surrender" very dead. Dead as dead parrot and his hostage middle-aged lady was taken to the hospital in "very poor"condition with unspecified injuries (most likely from the FOUR flash-bang grenades the cops used).

However, Kydo Press reports:
May 20 (08 :16) Gangster kills self after police storm condo, woman also dead - UTSUNOMIYA
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/all/news.jsp?news=japan&an=


Or

Police storm condo, killing gangster after 44-hour siege
Japan Today, Japan - 8am
Taketo Hatakeyama, a 41-year-old member of the crime organization Sumiyoshi-Kai, was sent to hospital but he is believed to be dead, the police said. ...
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=299142

Gangster hurt in shootout
Daily Yomiuri, Japan - 6am
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20040520wo24.htm
The standoff between police and Taketo Hatakeyama, 41, a member of a group affiliated with the Sumiyoshi-kai crime syndicate, continued as of 11:30 pm Wednesday ...