Kishida unhurt after smoke bomb thrown at him during speech in Wakayama

Japan Today:

A man threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday during his visit to western Japan for a stump speech.

Kishida left the scene unhurt after the incident, which took place as he was speaking with a candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

The man was apprehended by police immediately after the incident, which took place during official campaigning for a lower house by-election for the Wakayama No. 1 district. Kishida’s speech at Saikazaki port was canceled.

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was fatally shot in July last year during a stump speech before the upper house election.