Japan’s PM Evacuated Unharmed After ‘Smoke Bomb’ Thrown at Speech Site

A man (bottom) is detained after throwing an apparent"smoke bomb" in Wakayama, Japan, on April 15, 2023. STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated safely on Saturday after a man threw what appeared to be “a smoke bomb” at a site where Kishida was about to deliver a speech for an election campaign.

Kishida was visiting the local Saikazaki Fishing Port in Wakayama City to support his Party’s candidate in a local election when the incident happened.