Herne

Yeah, the laws for antiques to allow them, but you have to take them to the police station every-so often for inspection and there are home inspections regularly as well (for all firearms). As far as I know, currently the issue with rifles is that ou have to have had a shotgun permit for a number of years before applying for the rifle. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There is an IPSC action air club in Tokyo. But there is also a clay target association and some target rifle and hunting. Getting a shotgun is reasonably straightforward if you're willing to pay the money (lots of) and wait the permitting process out. Getting a rifle is harder and getting a pistol is super-tough, I think there are about 30 pistol permit holders in the country, all but one of who are on the Army ISSF pistol team. That's it for modern arms, though there are a few historical matchlock enthusiasts who do displays.

Hi all I'm living in Japan at the moment, though I'm a South African. Will be moving back home next month and looking forward to getting back to my firearms. Hope I can remember which end to hold. Have shot on-and-off for the last 20 years, started on my high-school musketry team, have got more into centerfire in the last 5 years or so.