In 2025, police officers in Osaka, Japan were seen patrolling with Glocks. (From the grip, it looked like a Gen 5, but the model could not be identified. Someone on the Internet said it was a Glock 45, but I could not find the source. Can anyone identify it?)

Posted by ArthurJack_AW@reddit | ForgottenWeapons | View on Reddit | 51 comments

source : https://x.com/SALT34314950/status/1928098766889836622/photo/1

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HistoricalVariation1@reddit

this is a great move from Japan, this move is really necessry in the modern day and age

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WayneZer0@reddit

i mean guns are really rare in japan. so nogmal street cops dont need the most modern weapon if the highst treat are some idiots with bats. for everything else thier have thier swat like units.

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HistoricalVariation1@reddit

true, but using revolvers in this day and age is crazy, using 10 round mags or something similar is probably a good idea, if you want to limit officer firepower

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I read some statistics about a year or so ago, so I can't remember the exact details, but it was about Japanese police using firearms. It was something like that in like a ten year period, Japanese police (excluding armed response and counter terrorism) only had two incidents where an officer had drawn their firearm, and in neither of those had they discharged that firearm. As immigration to Japan rises, that may change, but those statistics weren't that old when I read them.

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HistoricalVariation1@reddit

I agree, but carrying 5 shot snub nosed pocket revolvers in 2025 is insane, Stats probably wont change much over time but you need to use semi automatics in 2025, if you are going to have an armed police force they should have reasonably modern equipment.

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OrganizationNo42069@reddit

It’s not insane if the threat level doesn’t dictate something with higher capacity.

You repeating its “insane” and “crazy” doesn’t actually make it any more dangerous for them.

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BadgerBadgerCat@reddit

Why? Japanese police aren't dealing with the same sort of threats as police in the US. A revolver with six rounds still does the job really well there, especially since 90% of the point of a gun for Japanese police is to have a gun when no-one else does.

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BigHardMephisto@reddit

Iirc there was an uptic in officer related shooting accidents in the US when they started shifting from double action revolvers to semi-automatic handguns.

Probably rookie cops being nervous + lighter trigger pull.

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HistoricalVariation1@reddit

yeah, Japanese cops seem to be well trained and competent that kind of increase is probably unlikely here, but we will see

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AngrySoup@reddit

Revolvers seem perfectly adequate for police use in Japan.

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WayneZer0@reddit

sure but thier do have style. and tradition of use. the tradition part is very important in japan.

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HistoricalVariation1@reddit

True but I feel recent Japanese history has shown that they are willing to move ahead with the times when necessary

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WayneZer0@reddit

sure but it still importen to not throw away you culture for progress

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warriorscot@reddit

They're really more tradition than practical use, Japan has lower crime rates than the UK where officers aren't normally armed at all. They wouldn't like being disarmed, but if you don't actually need them armed the level of the armament is a little irrelevant.

I imagine at this point it's simply cheaper to move to something else and they don't want to deal with not arming policy given Japans issues with changing anything at all. And of course all that Osaka expo money has to go somewhere.

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Gitzser@reddit

yesterday there was a post of Japanese cops with old S&W, now its glocks

following intensely to see if tomorrow they'll have laser guns

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freedom_viking@reddit

They already got the Miku beam

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Annual-Emu-445@reddit

tomorrow they'll carry 10mm caseless rifles :D

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TheDarkRider@reddit

I wouldn’t be surprised if there were Japanese police Gundams running around

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BrotherBaker@reddit

Those are patlabors, if we’re being accurate.

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gentsuba@reddit

Well they have a Railgun program for their Navy going on,so maybe in a few years....

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WurstWesponder@reddit

I’m amazed they updated from their S&W revolvers. Not much need for more than a sharp stick in Japan.

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the_sjcrew@reddit

That's assuming the status quo for Japanese civilization, which, I'm sure you're aware, has to account for modern warfare. Tourism/foreigners are reportedly more scrutinized these days, too. Even without hard data on what crimes will take place and when, this is a very good time to tech up for them.

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FlyingLingLing@reddit

Forgotten weapon?

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Alarmed-Owl2@reddit

Japan did seem to forget what semi automatic firearms were for a while there

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Superb_Cellist_8869@reddit

I’m naive when it comes to this, what exactly do you mean?

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Alarmed-Owl2@reddit

Most of Japan has issued revolvers to their armed police for decades, so a return to a semi automatic platform is kind of a "forgotten realm" to them.

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DVM11@reddit

They really like revolvers

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deathclawiii@reddit

IIRC something like 6 or 7/10 police officers (beat cop or equivalent) in Japan won’t ever have to actually draw their service pistol, so for a long time there just wasn’t really a need to upgrade considering how rare their use was.

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MentalRain619@reddit

How to forget when Ian covered one of the most forgotten weapons... the M1911

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Gnoobl@reddit

Not with that beefy AF lanyard.

He won’t forget his weapon anywhere

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karramba_@reddit

Yeah, my thoughts exactly.

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Winter_Pattern4136@reddit

What is he holding in his left hand is it a barrel or flashlight or something

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danner1987@reddit

Judging by the hole in the barrel it’s a 9mm

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Pepe_the_clown123@reddit

Osaka PD dont mess around, I remember there was a video of them raiding a yakuza office, people in the comments joked that they sounded more like the yakuza than the actual yakuza

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Accurate-Basket-7123@reddit

Hey, if anybody has a link to that video you’d be an hero in my book

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qlvnch@reddit

I think it’s this one

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Pepe_the_clown123@reddit

yeah this is it haha

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MlackBesa@reddit

I think I saw it lmao, they were screaming and rolling R’s SUPER fucking hard lmao, shit was terrifying

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lesnortonsfarm@reddit

Obviously manicured hands is a must

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Jim556a1@reddit

That's the beefiest lanyard I think I've ever seen.

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MezzanineMan@reddit

I assume it must be cut resistant (or proof)

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MlackBesa@reddit

And its linkage to the pistol, oh my! You could probably tow a tiny vehicle using that.

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lifes-a_beach@reddit

Jason Clower from the type 56 YouTube channel has a great video on what happens when these Asian police forces with revolvers come up against heavily armed, determined opposition. Spoiler alert they get the ever loving shit kicked out of them. (https://youtu.be/KqJKprWHhps?si=P78FQE5KQVT-fCFV )

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