Mark your calendars, airsoft fans: on the 5th of August 2026, Tokyo Marui will unleash its gas blowback version of the JGSDF Type 20 5.56mm rifle, the real-deal service weapon of Japan's Self-Defense Forces. There's just one small catch that's about to ruin everyone's day outside Japan but this one's staying firmly on home turf, sold exclusively to the Japanese market. Typical. It's the airsoft equivalent of finding out the good limited-edition crisps only exist in one country.

The new service rifle of the JGSDF, the Howa Type 20, now has an airsoft version in the form of the MS Factory Type 20 which Mister Moro checks out in this video for Hyperdouraku. Unfortunately, it is not available for purchase. The Type 20 5.56mm rifle, the latest domestically produced assault rifle officially adopted by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces in 2020, has been recreated as a unique custom electric gun by MS FACTORY.