Kishida unhurt, evacuated after explosion heard before speech

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1. I guess political assassinations are now in vogue?

   Thanks a lot Yamagami.

   Edit: /s, obviously.

2. Wonder why

3. Close call for the PM and especially bystanders. You can hear the blast in this FNN news video.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzkqKjxwyAM&t=47s

4. That headlock and take down by the fisherman was honestly impressive.

5. man, kansai people don’t play around.

6. A similar thing happened before, when Emperor Heisei was crown prince, he went to a ceremony.There was a similar explosion at the ceremonial hall, although neither the Emperor nor the people at the ceremonial hall were injured.But I don’t think the culprit has been found yet.In the case of the explosion in Wakayama, the culprit seems to have been arrested, but I think the reason for the crime will become clear after the investigation.

7. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/04/cd6c270d9b57-urgent-japan-pm-kishida-unhurt-after-smoke-bomb-thrown-during-stump-speech.html) reduced by 80%. (I’m a bot)
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   > 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.

   > Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is pictured during a visit to a fishing port in Wakayama, western Japan, on April 15, 2023, for a lower house by-election stump speech.

   > April 15, 2023 – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unhurt after smoke bomb thrown during stump speech in Wakayama for by-election.

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8. I know japan is relatively safe but maybe its time to adopt some secret service type precautions before an active PM gets shot or blown up…

9. Did Kishada’s security throw a flash bang when they evacuated him or was there another bomber suspect?

10. I mean until I saw the dude was holding an actual pipe bomb I was thinking to myself “finally some shakeup in politics”. This dude would have hurt many people with that thing, so big no no

11. Chronology of major attacks on politicians in Japan

    Yeah I think they forgot about [Inejiro Asanuma](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Inejir%C5%8D_Asanuma)

12. No big incident anyway.
    The suspect already get caught.
    No one has injury.

13. Japan really isn’t what it once was. I hope this doesn’t become a trend as more of the younger generation become more jaded and resentful.