MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan – Military police responded Thursday after a student fired an airsoft gun at another student at the high school on this U.S. base near Hiroshima.

Japanese laws require the replica guns be made from flimsy materials such as plastic or aluminum alloys, and have a limited muzzle velocity. A Kalashnikov-style airsoft rifle can be purchased for ...

The theme extends to EA’s cocktails, which are named after guns. Diners can choose from the vodka-based Thompson, chocolate-liqueur Glock 18c, or SPAS12, with absinthe. While you’re welcome to bring ...

Legal experts say that while carrying an airsoft gun in public isn’t illegal, but it could cause some distress to other people, so it’s advised not to carry it around like the streamer was doing.

Japan and Ukraine are miles apart, but as it turns out, Japanese airsoft players are big fans of the Ukrainian military—so much so that they are now dressing as Ukrainians and modeling their game ...

Airsoft competitions, which originated in Japan in the early 1970s and are now played all over the world, feature guns that look nearly identical to firearms but shoot spherical plastic pellets.

Airsoft started, like many things, in Japan. In the 1970s, ... All airsoft guns sold in the U.S. are shipped with a bright orange tip, although most players remove them.

Thankfully, though, there’s a way for Japanese professionals who’ve had a rough day at the office to fire off a couple rounds without putting a hole in their living room wall, as we found out at a ...