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Japan is said to be one of the safest countries in the world, with strict gun-control laws. But last week, a shooting in which a 31-year-old man killed two police officers and two women in...
Under Japan’s firearms laws, the only guns permitted for sale are shotguns and air rifles – handguns are outlawed. But getting them is a long and complicated process that requires effort...
The Firearm and Sword Possession Control Law (Japanese: 銃砲刀剣類所持等取締法, Hepburn: Jūhō Tōken-rui Shoji-tō Torishimari-hō) is a 1958 Japanese law concerning firearms (and firearm parts/ammunition) and bladed weapons.
Japan has one of the lowest rates of gun violence in the world. There were more than four firearm homicides in the U.S. per 100,000 people during 2019, compared to almost zero in Japan.
Here’s what to know about gun laws and safety in Japan: Extremely stringent gun laws. Since the latter half of the 20th century, the Japanese government has created and enforced strong...
Handguns are banned outright. Only shotguns and air rifles are allowed. The law restricts the number of gun shops. In most of Japan's 40 or so prefectures there can be no more than three, and you...
Japan’s parliament on Friday enacted a bill to revise the Firearms and Swords Control Law to ban online explanations of ways to manufacture guns and encouraging unlawful possession of such...
The few legally acquirable weapons, mostly hunting rifles, can only be purchased after a screening and a training process so onerous that Japan has one of the world’s lowest firearm ownership...
Only shotguns, air guns, guns with specific research or industrial purposes, or those used for competitions, are legal in Japan, the Library of Congress analysis says. What are the requirements...
Handguns are forbidden absolutely. Small-caliber rifles have been illegal to buy, sell, or transfer since 1971. Anyone who owned a rifle before then is allowed to keep it, but their heirs are...