Announcement reposted from Amazon Japan:
Please be informed that updates will be made to “Weapons and imitation weapons” in Restricted Products help page as shown below effective Oct 31, 2024.
The description of Toy Guns, Model Guns and Air Guns will be changed as follows.
- Add and change examples of products that can be sold and examples of products that cannot be sold.
- Change the link to the Metropolitan Police Department website.
Toy Guns, Model Guns, Air Guns
Examples of permitted lisitngs
- Products manufactured by manufacturers that are members of the industry associations listed below.
- ASGK
- Japan Air Sports Gun Association (JASG)
- Safety Toy Gun Association (STGA)
- Toy guns of the brands that Amazon recognizes as trustworthy as those products described above.
- Water guns
- Bubble guns
Example of prohibited listings
- Products that may violate the Firearms and Swords Act or “Youth Protection Ordinances” by local governments, etc. due to the material, structure, or performance of the product.
- Firearms, such as:
- Handguns
- Automatic handguns, automatic rifles, machine guns, Assault rifles
- Rifles
- Assault weapons
- Shot guns
- Guns
- Antique and collector guns
- Sport guns
- Hunting guns
- Tranquilizer guns
- Handmade handguns
Air Guns, quasi-air guns as defined by the Firearms and Swords Act and other guns with propellent that are capable of shooting metal bullets.
- Other fireams
- Matchlock guns, old guns
- Slingshots, slingshot pistols
- Spearguns
- Coil guns
Additional usuful information (in Japanese)
Metropolitan Police Department
Regarding toy guns and relic guns that have been recognized as handguns(Japanese)