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Number of firearms owned with licenses 2015 to 2024 (in 1,000s)

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Release date

July 2025

Region

Japan

Survey time period

2015 to 2024

Special properties

including hunting guns, air guns, guns for construction, and other guns

Supplementary notes

Firearms owned with licenses among general citizens.

Data prior to 2020 are from previous reports.
Figures have been rounded.

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Number of guns with licenses Japan 2015-2024

Published by Zeynep Dierks, Dec 1, 2025

In 2024, approximately ** firearms were owned with a gun permit in Japan, including hunting guns, air guns, construction guns, and others. Gun possession in Japan is strictly regulated under the Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons enacted in 1958.

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