Japan is a country of more than 127 million people, but it rarely sees more than 10 gun deaths a year. Culture is one reason for the low rate, but gun control is a major one, too. Japan has a long ...

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 ...

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 ...

He later died in hospital. Gun crime of this severity is rare in Japan where firearms are heavily regulated. It's unknown what led to the violence or how the suspect had a gun, reported as a ...

Images of the gun believed to have been used to shoot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe show a rudimentary, seemingly homemade device that nonetheless was able to kill. Police told a ...

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 ...