The country has alsolongbeen immensely proudofitsbureaucrats-they, too, date back to thesamuraiwho sheathed their swordsand became pen pushers from the 1600sonwards.
Also in the house were three Samuraiswordsand several books, one titled "NRA guide to the basics of pistol shooting, " another about Asperger syndrome and one on autism.
Authorities also seized a bolt-action rifle, a .22-caliber rifle, a Marksman BB gun and a .22 revolver starter pistol, along with nine knives of varying sizes, a nearly 7-foot-long pole with a blade on one end and a spear tip on the other, and three samuraiswords.