western Japan, breathed a sigh of relief early Monday after police announced they'd arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of stabbing one of their officers and stealing his loaded gun.

Credit: AP He told police he did not intend to kill her. Violent crimes are still rare in Japan, where gun control is ...

NARA--A legal loophole has prefectural police scrambling in their ... Shinzo Abe in early July. Although Japan tightly regulates making and possessing firearms, the swords and firearms control ...

Japan tightly regulates making and possessing firearms, but the July 8 slaying ... Nara prefectural police said Yamagami had watched videos like this when he built his own arsenal of homemade ...