Far East and Oceania Japanese PM unhurt after bomb chucked at him

[Nektar Geist]

Japanese Prime Minister unhurt after blast during campaign event

Fumio Kishida was unharmed and evacuated to the Wakayama prefectural police headquarters, NHK said.

www.gazetteseries.co.uk

https://archive.md/wip/NwcZq

 

[Firegirl26]

One of these days I really need to do a deep dive in Japanese politics

 

[UltimateDestroyer]

Between the shooting of Shinzo Abe with a homemade double barrel shotgun and a homemade bomb being used here, looks like all the laws in the world cannot stop a determined attacker. Japan's reputation as a "safe" country is largely artificial anyway. They have some pretty nasty serial killers and sex weirdos.

From what I've heard about Abe though, as well as being retired, he wasn't a bad guy, at least for a politician.