Howa Machinery, Ltd. isn’t a new company, it was founded in 1907 as Toyoda’s Loom Works, which later merged with Showa Heavy Industries and it was only in 1936 that the company began to make rifles, ...

The Type 20 rifle can be configured for either automatic or semi-automatic fire. (Howa Machinery Ltd) Japan has continued to roll out its 5.56×45 mm Type 20 assault rifle, with a new delivery to a ...

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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 "Howa Type 20 Assault Rifle," a new weapon that Ground Self-Defense Force members will carry with them on certain assignments, is seen at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo on May 18, 2020.

A Gurkha from 1 Royal Gurkha Rifles with an L85A3 5.56 mm assault rifle (right) next to a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade paratrooper with a Howa Type 20 5.56 mm assault rifle ...