It has been revealed that Sega will be announcing the results of their “Yakuza Character General Election” on August 18th outside of Shinjuku Station. While not major news itself, it is what the company will be announcing after the results have been revealed.
The company has said that they will be making a “surprise announcement” for the Yakuza series, but at the moment there has been no indication of what this news could be. Considering this is a Japanese event, it will likely not be news of Yakuza 5 or Yakuza 1 & 2 HD Edition being localized, but perhaps a sixth Yakuza title or another HD release.