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On 15 April 2023, Fumio Kishida, the Prime Minister of Japan, survived an attack at Saikazaki port in Wakayama, Kansai region.

Kishida was scheduled to give a speech, which was to include a sashimi tasting. However, a man threw a pipe bomb into the crowd. Kishida was immediately evacuated, and the bomb exploded with a cloud of white smoke. Kishida was not injured, and the man who threw the pipe bomb was taken into custody.

Background

In September 2022, Shūhei Kishimoto (Japanese Member of Parliament from Wakayama 1st district) resigned in order to run for the 2022 governor of Wakayama election. The by-election is scheduled to be held on 23 April 2023 in Wakayama Prefecture.

Because Hirofumi Kado, a former MP and a Liberal Democratic Party politician, ran for the by-election, Kishida visited Wakayama to support him as the President of the LDP.

Incident

On 15 April 2023, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was giving a speech in the city of Wakayama in support of a Liberal Democratic Party politician, a candidate running for the by-election, when what was described as a "pipe bomb-like" explosive device was thrown and landed one meter beside him. Kishida was unharmed by the explosive as he was evacuated from the area by the police bodyguards from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, but a bystander and a police officer suffered minor injuries. The explosive device dropped near Kishida exploded less than a minute later. After the explosion, people fled as Kishida was evacuated. While the man who threw it was preparing to throw a second bomb, two local fishermen held the man down. The man was arrested at the scene by plainclothes police officers on suspicion of "obstruction of business". The whole incident was caught on camera. According to residents living near the arrested man's home in Kawanishi, Hyōgo, he appeared to be calm and gentle.

Following the incident, Kishida stated, "I am sorry for causing many people to be concerned. We are in the middle of an important election for our country. We must carry this on together." The following day, Kishida vowed to do everything he could possibly do to ensure safety prior to the 49th G7 summit which will be held in Japan in May 2023. The incident came nine months after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe on 8 July 2022.

On 16 April 2023, security checks have intensified for the rest of the election campaign.

See also

• Ōkuma Shigenobu
• Gen'yōsha

References

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External links

• Device explodes near Japan's prime minister Fumio Kishida - The Guardian official YouTube
• 【瞬間】岸田首相の演説直前に筒状の何かが投げられる様子 (Japanese) - Asahi Shimbun Company official YouTube

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