Japanese PM Fumio Kishida was unharmed after an explosion was heard at a port where he was scheduled to give a speech on the country's west coast.
was evacuated uninjured Saturday after someone threw an explosive device in his direction as he campaigned in a fishing port in western Japan.
Matsuno said the government would wait for results from the police investigation before commenting on a potential motive from the suspect. A man, center, who threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb, is caught at a port in Wakayama, western Japan on Saturday.There were no signs of combustion in the device, public broadcaster NHK reported, adding that Kishida was escorted to a vehicle by security.
The incident came around nine months after Kishida’s predecessor, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated during a campaign event in the western city of Nara, near Kyoto.
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