Tetsuya Yamagami, center, holding a weapon, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara, Japan, on Friday. He is accused of assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Nara Shimbun / Kyodo News ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday sent shock waves around the globe and especially in Japan ...

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 ...

TOKYO (AP) — The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in broad daylight Friday shocked a world that has come to associate Japan with relatively low crime and strict gun control. Japan's ...