Japan govt to consider possible regulations on handmade guns, says govt spokesperson

People line up to offer flowers for late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election at Headquarters of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. - Reuters

SEOUL, July 12 (Reuters): The Japanese government will review possible regulations on handmade guns in the wake of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's killing, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday.

There's already a legal ban on owning firearms in Japan but authorities plan to look into any need to regulate handmade guns while examining the shooting that killed Abe and similar incidents, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a regular briefing.