Japan PM Kishida unhurt after smoke bomb thrown during stump speech

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Japan" s="" Prime="" Minister="" Fumio="" Kishida="" speaks="" to="" reporters="" at="" the="" office="" in="" May="" Jiji="" Press="" Japan="" EPA-EFE="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/05/20/japan-prime-minister-fumio-kishida-epa-efe.jpg"/><figcaption>Japan&#x27;s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the Prime Minister&#x27;s office in Tokyo, Japan, May 9, 2022. <em>Jiji Press Japan/EPA-EFE File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>TOKYO (<strong>2nd UPDATE</strong>) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was unhurt after a man threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb during his visit to western Japan for a stump speech on Saturday.</p><p>Kishida immediately left by car after the incident, which took place as he was talking with a candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party just before he was due to make a speech in a fishing port in the city of Wakayama. The man was arrested at the scene.</p><p>The suspected smoke bomb was thrown at around 11:25 a.m. from among a crowd of several hundred people. A loud explosion was heard.</p><p>Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot in July last year during a stump speech in the city of Nara before the House of Councillors election, leading the National Police Agency to bolster its security of VIPs.</p><p>The latest incident took place during official campaigning for a House of Representatives by-election in the Wakayama No. 1 district.</p><p>Kishida&#x27;s stump speeches in the afternoon, including in Wakayama, will go ahead as planned, according to an LDP member and a government source.</p><div><strong>==Kyodo</strong></div><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVE</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2409086" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

What appeared to be a smoke bomb was thrown at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday during his visit to western Japan for a stump speech.

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Japan PM Kishida unhurt after smoke bomb thrown during stump speech

Japan PM Kishida unhurt after smoke bomb thrown during stump speech

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Published Apr 15, 2023 11:08 AM PHT

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Updated Apr 15, 2023 02:38 PM PHT

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