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I did a search on policing in Japan and found this: "The first instinct is not to reach for a gun - what most Japanese police will do is to get huge futons and essentially roll up the person who is being violent or drunk into a little burrito and carry them back to the station.."
"How the Japanese Police Use Futons, Not Guns" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-pacific-38534288
Apparently Japanese police use MARTIAL ARTS AND FUTONS INSTEAD OF GUNS.
"Japan is a country of more than 127 million people, but it rarely sees more than 10 gun deaths a year." https://www.businessinsider.com/gun-control-how-japan-has-almost-completely-eliminated-gun-deaths-2017-10
In 2017, there were 39,773 gun related deaths in the United States. That same year, only THREE PEOPLE were killed by guns in Japan.
Sources: https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00178/
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/16/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/
Sources: https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00178/
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/16/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/
"Thanks partly to Japan’s ultra-strict gun-control laws, which ban possessing, carrying, selling or buying handguns or rifles, shooting incidents are rare in the country." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/10/03/national/strict-gun-laws-mean-japan-sees-fewer-shooting-deaths/
According to the Council on Foreign Relations, police in the U.S. kill 33.5 persons per 10 million people. Japanese police kill TWO TENTHS of a person per 10 million. In 2019, US police killed > 1,000 individuals. Japanese police killed 2. Icelandic and Norwegian police? NONE.
"In Germany, firearms training focuses on how to avoid using force. Japanese officers are trained to use martial arts.." https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/how-police-compare-different-democracies
"The U.S. far surpasses most wealthy democracies in killings by police. U.S. police killed an estimated 7,666 people between 2013 and 2019. By comparison...Finland and Norway, have gone years without police killings." https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/how-police-compare-different-democracies
"In the United States, police are armed, increasingly with military-grade equipment. By contrast, more than a dozen other democracies generally do not arm their police with guns and may instead rely on firearm-equipped teams that can respond to high-risk situations..."
"UK police, who are usually unarmed, have themselves resisted calls for them to bear arms, in line with their philosophy of policing by consent, which maintains that police legitimacy is contingent on public approval of their actions."
"All countries where police aren’t armed more tightly regulate civilian gun ownership than the United States does. In Iceland, where gun ownership is common, there has only been ONE documented case of a civilian killed by police in the country’s history."
"UN guidelines state that.. effective police accountability.. must increase civilian control over the police, investigate cases of misconduct.. act swiftly to address them, and reduce corruption. Many countries rely on independent oversight bodies [with] nationwide jurisdiction."
"In Denmark, an independent watchdog reviews all misconduct complaints and alleged criminal offenses by police... In contrast, U.S. law primarily allows police departments to investigate themselves..."
"Canadian officers involved in fatal interactions are rarely charged, according to one study of such incidents between 2000 and 2017. Likewise, U.S. officers rarely face legal consequences for shooting and killing civilians.."
"Almost no one in Japan owns a gun. Most kinds are illegal, with onerous restrictions on buying and maintaining the few that are allowed. Even the country's infamous, mafia-like Yakuza tend to forgo guns.." https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/a-land-without-guns-how-japan-has-virtually-eliminated-shooting-deaths/260189/
"Almost no one in Japan owns a gun. Most kinds are illegal, with onerous restrictions on buying and maintaining the few that are allowed. Even the country's infamous, mafia-like Yakuza tend to forgo guns.." https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/a-land-without-guns-how-japan-has-virtually-eliminated-shooting-deaths/260189/
"To get a gun in Japan, first, you have to attend an all-day class and pass a written test, which are held only once per month. You also must take and pass a shooting range class. Then, head over to a hospital for a mental test and drug test.."
