Tokyo — As the U.S. gun control debate intensifies, some Americans are looking overseas for ideas on how to prevent mass shootings. Japan has one of the lowest rates of gun violence in the world.

Japanese police are calling on people who have a so-called toy gun that can fire real bullets to surrender them by the end of this year or possibly face charges. The gun in question is the ...

Japan has some of the strictest gun control laws in the world as well as some of the lowest rates of gun violence. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer takes a look at some of the strict hoops potential gun ...

The people of Japan and beyond are stunned by the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week, who was killed by a gun — an extremely rare occurrence in Japan. Japanese ...

The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday sent shock waves around the globe and especially in Japan — a country with some of the world’s strictest gun ownership laws and ...

TOKYO — Japan was left reeling Friday by the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a stunning act of political violence in a country where gun laws are stringent and shootings are rare.