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Coordinates: 34°11′20.1″N 135°08′41.4″E / 34.188917°N 135.144833°E / 34.188917; 135.144833
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Fumio Kishida bombing attack
Part of Second Kishida Reshuffled Cabinet

Above: Saikazaki fishing port [ja] photographed from the opposite shore.(The structure in the center of the image is where Kishida was attacked. Photo taken November 18, 2018.)
Below: Fumio Kishida gives a press conference the next day regarding the explosion incident.
Map
Map around Saikazaki Fishing Port7
Native nameList
  • 岸田首相襲撃事件 (Kishida Prime Minister attack incident)[1]
  • 首相演説会場爆発物事件 (Prime Minister's speech venue bomb incident)
LocationSaikazaki fishing port, Saikazaki, Wakayama, Kansai region, Japan
Coordinates34°11′20.1″N 135°08′41.4″E / 34.188917°N 135.144833°E / 34.188917; 135.144833
Date15 April 2023; 20 months ago (2023-04-15)
c. 12:30 pm (JST, UTC+9)
TargetFumio Kishida
Attack type
Explosion by pipe bomb projectile
WeaponsPipe bomb(30cm)
Deaths0
Injured2
AccusedRyuji Kimura(Japanese: 木村 隆二

On April 15, 2023, Fumio Kishida, the 101st Prime Minister of Japan, came to the fishing port of Saikazaki, Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, in the Kansai region to give a campaign stump speech for the 2023 Japan by-elections.

Just before Fumio Kishida was about to give a stump speech, someone threw a pipe bomb. The man who threw the object was captured by local fisherman. Fumio Kishida was not injured because he evacuated at the moment the pipe bomb was thrown. Fifty seconds after the projectile was thrown, the pipe bomb exploded, injuring two people.

The suspect, 24-year-old Ryuji Kimura(Japanese: 木村隆二), was dissatisfied with the Judiciary system over suffrage and demand deposit and asked lawyer such as Kenji Utsunomiya to represent him.

This incident occurred a little more than nine months after the assassination of Shinzo Abe.

Motivetion of Ryuji Kimura

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  1. ^ Nagato, Masako (2023-04-19). "岸田首相襲撃事件 民主主義攻撃と各紙非難 「選挙運動貫徹を」と産経" [Sankei condemns attack on Prime Minister of Japan Kishida, calling it an attack on democracy, and says, "Be thorough in your campaign".]. Sankei Shimb (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2023-04-23.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)