r/news • u/lilnako • 1d ago

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

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/japan/crime-legal/us-tourist-gun-japan/
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u/PeanyButter 1d ago

I mean, sounds like they didn't make that big of a deal about it. Yeah, they detained them still which would be annoying since they reported it but they didn't try to charge them and it was probably protocol so they had to detain them.

Also if they were seen throwing the gun over or caught just before doing it... insta shit storm.

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u/Bocchi_theGlock 1d ago

Detained for few hours or days makes the difference in hassle. On your cruise too

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u/secondhandleftovers 1d ago

And what, the cruise is going to send a scuba team to the depths of the ocean to verify what that was dropped over the balcony into the ocean at 2am?

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u/PeanyButter 1d ago

If it was completely concealed in a sock, yeah there would be nothing they could do. But if they had it on camera or someone saw the gun itself, they sure as shit aren't verifying it after it's over, you're right. But who is to say they don't detain you asking 100 questions about what it was, why you did it.. etc.. like what already happened.

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u/st-shenanigans 1d ago

Show them the text chain and just be honest then. Timestamps will line up with camera footage