More than 3,000 members of Japan's largest Yakuza gang recently split ... crazy tattooed gangsters running around with swords and guns killing each other every chance they got.
Japan tightly regulates making and possessing firearms, but the July 8 slaying of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has brought to light how some members of the public have bypassed those stringent ...
The murder of “one of Japan’s most influential modern leaders” – as the Financial Times described Abe – has sent shockwaves across the country, which has one of the lowest rates of gun ...
Gun violence remains extremely rare in Japan, despite the killing of ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July last year. Shootings of multiple police officers are even rarer, with the last incident ...
A person seeking to possess a gun in Japan is required to attend an all-day class, take a written exam and pass a shooting-range test. Even after a license is issued, a gun owner is required to ...