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Japanese Man Sentenced to Year-Plus for Hawaii Gun Export

6/4/2026

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Judge Micah W. J. Smith sentenced Shota Yamamoto, a Japanese man, to a year and a day in prison without supervised release and imposed a $100 assessment for conspiring to export gun parts from Hawaii to Japan.
The court ordered forfeiture of over a thousand firearm components, including AR-15 receivers and ballistic helmets.
Co-defendant Changmin Lee, a South Korean national, remains at large after allegedly fleeing the United States.

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Judge Micah W. J. Smith sentenced Shota Yamamoto, a Japanese man, to a year and a day in prison without supervised release and imposed a $100 assessment for conspiring to export gun parts from Hawaii to Japan.
The court ordered forfeiture of over a thousand firearm components, including AR-15 receivers and ballistic helmets.
Co-defendant Changmin Lee, a South Korean national, remains at large after allegedly fleeing the United States.