Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!feed.news.tiscali.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Kevin Gowen Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Is it legal to carry a pocket knife in Japan? Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 21:15:25 -0400 Lines: 40 Message-ID: <2s151dF1elf23U4@uni-berlin.de> References: <7k0hl0pq112to2ndgag3fsol8gl5ucsg6u@4ax.com> <2rrhhjF1doodqU1@uni-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de TEFTa61bGSfWYHIrZ4p5QQ9RGkeaKyVGhhP0y1oaENnfmZnZcH User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:18932 Michael Cash wrote: > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:12:03 -0400, Kevin Gowen > brought down from the Mount tablets > inscribed: > > >>Michael Cash wrote: >> >>>On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 23:40:46 GMT, Rusty >>> brought down from the Mount tablets >>>inscribed: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I will be vacationing in Japan soon and would like to know if it is >>>>legal to carry a SMALL pocket knife. I always carry one (legally)in >>>>my pocket to assist in various cutting and package opening in my >>>>work and around town. >>> >>> >>>I'll try to drop by the police station and get the actual information >>>on this for you. It should be a nice contrast to the other replies >>>I've seen so far. >> >>I was surprised that everyone decided to guess willy nilly instead of >>reading 銃砲刀剣類所持等取締法. Actually, I wasn't. >>http://www.houko.com/00/01/S33/006.HTM > > > That's what I was going to have the cops look up for me. It's in the > back of a little manual they have. Same one they used when I asked > about ass batons a while back. Ah, ケツ棒. How could I have forgotten? Right now this guy on tv is whining about people who call Kerry a flipflopper and just said that tomorrow's debate is America's chance to meet John Kerry. Nice idea when you're a month away from the election! - Kevin