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How Have Firearms Affected Japan

Firearms were first introduced to Japan in 1543 in Tanegashima, which is now present day Kagoshima, by Portuguese sailors. At the time, the central government was slowly but surely beginning to collapse, and Japan was in the middle of a major civil war period, the Sengoku. The warring Daimyos or warlords immediately recognized the advantage of the new weapon, causing guns to spread throughout Japan, giving way to the rise of major industrial production sites in Omi and Kii. Japan's independent production of firearms was both rapid and efficient, and some historians estimate the number of firearms that existed in Sengoku Japan to have been about 100,000, more than the number of firearms in all of present-day Europe combined. The National Police Agency Pamphlet on Japanese Gun Control refers to Japan at this time as "A top-class firearm superpower even on the global level." However, with the unification of Japan, the large amounts of guns were seen as catalysts for revolt. Toyotomi......


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