This photo taken at a police station in Kobe on April 2, 2025, shows a handgun and three bullets allegedly brought into Japan by an American ... Prefecture with the gun in his suitcase on a ...

An American man was arrested in Kobe last month after he allegedly brought a handgun and ammunition into Japan in his luggage ... Osaka Prefecture with the gun in his suitcase on a flight from Hawaii ...

The Hyogo Prefectural Police said Wednesday that a U.S. tourist was arrested after he reported that he had inadvertently brought a handgun into Japan ... man has said the gun was for self-defense ...

Police say the 73-year-old man told cruise ship staff that he had a gun in his baggage at Kobe Port on March 23. He was later arrested. Police say the man entered Japan through Kansai ...

The 73-year-old man entered Japan through Kansai Airport in the western Japanese city of Osaka on March 22 after departing the U.S. state of Hawaii and told cruise ship staff that he had a gun in ...