Object thrown near Japan PM Kishida during speech, suspect held - NHK
last July while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking the nation and prompting a review of security for politicians, who routinely press the flesh with the public.
Kishida was to continue his Saturday afternoon campaign schedule after the incident, the LDP confirmed via its Twitter account. A representative of Wakayama's prefectural police headquarters told Reuters he could not answer questions about the incident.
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