Elderly US Tourist Arrested After 'Accidentally' Smuggling a Handgun into Japan

American tourist smuggles gun into Japan, raising severe security concerns

American tourist smuggles gun into Japan, raising severe security concerns American visitor detained in Japan for carrying a firearm, sparking intense

US tourist arrested after accidentally bringing gun into Japan

Japanese police say they have arrested a US tourist after he reported that he had accidentally brought a handgun into the country.

American arrested after bringing gun into Japan undetected: police

An American man was arrested in Kobe last month after he allegedly brought a handgun and ammunition into Japan in his luggage by mistake and passed through airport customs undetected, local police says.

U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan

The man has said the gun was for self-defense and that he had packed the firearm by mistake.

On the 2nd, Hyogo Prefectural Police announced that they had arrested and referred to prosecutors an unemployed American man (73) on suspicion of violating the Swords and Firearms Control Law (simple possession) after he entered Japan from Hawaii as a tourist and was in possession of a handgun. He admitted to the charges and said, "I had it for self-defense. When I came to Japan..."

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

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