Key point: JSDF’s rifle is their standard weapon but it has several issues that a modern rifle shouldn’t have. The standard issue rifle of the average soldier tends to be among the oldest equipment ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Type 89 rifle isn’t bad – but it has serious ergonomic problems and lacks several modern innovations (rails, for instance). The standard issue rifle of the ...

May 19 (UPI) --Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force will receive new rifles for the first time since 1989 to defend the country's southwestern islands, Japanese media reported this week. The rifles, are ...

The first officially issued rifles possessed by the South Korean military were the Type 38 and Type 99 rifles, which were confiscated from the Japanese military by U.S. forces immediately after ...