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Policewoman forgets gun in restroom, continuing an odd trend in Japan

Casey Baseel
Sep 11, 2025
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Well, at least she washed her hands, apparently.

Japan
(bathrooms • COK • crazy • crime • firearms • funny • guns • police • weird)

Toy guns won from crane games all over Japan could be used as real guns, warn police

Master Blaster
Jul 19, 2025

Good thing those machines are really hard to win at.

Japan
(crane games • firearms • guns • Hyogo • imports • law • Real Gimmick Mini Revolver • UFO catchers • weapons)

American arrested for bringing gun, ammo, and hidden knife through Japanese customs

Master Blaster
Apr 11, 2025

It’s still unclear whether this is an accident or something worse.

Japan, USA
(2025 Osaka World Expo • airport security • airports • guns • Kansai International Airport • knives • Osaka • smuggling)

American senior citizen tourist arrested in Japan for bringing gun into country in his luggage

Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2025

At his age, he really ought to have known better.

Japan
(COK • crazy • crime • guns • tourism • travel)

American gun owner opens our eyes to a different way of life in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Oct 30, 2024

“Bad guys have guns, so good girls have to have guns too.”

Japan, USA
(Asakusa • bars • COK • culture • gun owners • guns • Ikuna Kamezawa • pubs • SNJO)

Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe confirmed dead, doctors reveal details of his treatment

Oona McGee
Jul 8, 2022

Assassination has shocked the nation.

Japan
(assassination • guns • Nara • politics • Shinzo Abe • shooting • violence)

Japanese police say former prime minister shot with pistol, weapon may have been made by shooter

Casey Baseel
Jul 8, 2022

Private ownership of pistols is completely prohibited in Japan.

Japan
(crime • guns • Nara • politicians • politics • Shinzo Abe • shooting)

[Breaking] Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot in chest, reportedly suffers cardiac arrest

Master Blaster
Jul 8, 2022

Suspect is in custody and Abe’s condition is unclear.

Japan
(assassination • guns • Nara • politics • Shinzo Abe • shooting • violence)

Hyogo residents learn the downside to living in an apartment that used to be a yakuza office

Casey Baseel
Mar 8, 2021

Cheap rent and great location comes with some very bad history.

Japan
(crazy • crime • guns • scary • shooting • yakuza)

High-ranking yakuza member shot on the street near his home in Yamaguchi Prefecture

Casey Baseel
Aug 19, 2020

Police unsure if man claiming responsibility is the actual gunman or just a fall guy.

Japan
(COK • crime • guns • Organized crime • shooting • yakuza)

Tokyo man arrested for his very tiny guns

Master Blaster
Jul 6, 2020

Pair of key chains deemed lethal by authorities.

Japan
(crime • firearms • guns • miniature revolvers • Nerima • Tokyo)

Japanese Internet reacts to ammunition panic-buying in America due to coronavirus fears

Scott Wilson
Mar 7, 2020

Confusion about what Americans plan to do with it all.

USA
(ammo • ammunition • coronavirus • cultural differences • guns • hoarding)

Japanese police officers increasingly forgetting their guns in public restrooms

Master Blaster
Jan 28, 2020

At least they didn’t forget to flush… we hope.

Japan
(Aichi • convenience stores • guns • Hyogo • Narita Airport • Osaka • police • restrooms • safety • Tokyo)

How did a centuries-old samurai musket end up in the bottom of this fishing lake in Japan?

Dale Roll
Jul 4, 2019

In a country as old as Japan, you never know what you’ll find hidden in the depths!

Japan
(cool • family crest • fishing • guns • historical treasure • history • matchlock)

Bullets on the bullet train as three men found carrying guns on Japan’s Shinkansen

Casey Baseel
Oct 22, 2018

Armed group turned out to have legal reason for packing heat.

Japan
(bullet train • COK • crime • guns • police • scary • shinkansen • trains • travel)

Wakayama cop loses fully-loaded automatic handgun on the street while guarding PM

Master Blaster
Sep 17, 2018

We all have our bad days at work, some worse than others.

Japan
(guns • lost and found • motorcade • police • safety • Wakayama • wtf)

“Asking some Americans to give up guns is like asking Japanese people to give up miso soup”

Casey Baseel
Apr 7, 2018

American-born Japanese celebrity Pakkun’s comparison doesn’t go over well, but one commenter has a better food analogy.

Japan
(foreigners in Japan • guns • miso soup • Pakkun • Patrick Harlan • society • violence)

Japanese teacher wakes up sleepy students by whipping out realistic model pistol in classroom

Casey Baseel
Dec 15, 2017

Grabbing the attention of young minds with the implied power of hot lead.

Japan
(crazy • education • guns • model guns • Teachers • Teaching English in Japan • weird)

American woman arrested after throwing away massive supply of bullets in Tokyo airport trash can

Casey Baseel
Jul 5, 2017

Elderly traveler dumped 100 rounds of live ammo in Haneda international terminal.

Japan, USA
(bullets • crazy • crime • guns • Haneda • Haneda Airport • Tokyo • travel)

Photos showing evidence of the coming violent kitty revolution surface on Japanese Twitter

Jessica
Mar 2, 2017

Is the purr-letariat getting ready to rise?

Japan
(cats • funny • guns • pets • survival games • twitter)

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