In April 2023, Japanese prosecutors sought a 15-year prison sentence for the perpetrator who threw an explosive device at then-Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. At the time, Kishida was targeted in a ...

Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japanese public prosecutors demanded Monday that a 25-year-old man accused of the attempted murder and other charges for throwing an explosive at then Prime Minister Fumio ...

A man accused in the explosives attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an election campaign denied his murder intent Tuesday as his trial opened at a court in western Japan ...

Fumio Kishida was elected as Japan’s newest prime minister by both the Lower and Upper houses of the Diet on Oct. 4. He is the 35th prime minister in the postwar period. At around 1:25 p.m ...

A man accused in the explosives attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an election campaign denied his ...

A vehicle, believed to be carrying a man set to attend the first hearing in his trial over an explosive attack on then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April 2023, arrives at the Wakayama ...

Prosecutors on Monday demanded a 15-year prison term for a man accused of attempted murder after a pipe bomb attack two years ago that targeted an election event attended by then Prime Minister Fumio ...

TOKYO (AP) — A man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event denied that he intended to kill the politician as his trial began ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives for a press conference in Bangkok on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC summit, on Nov. 19. (AP Photo) ...

FILE - A suspect, center on the ground, is caught by police after he allegedly threw "the suspicious object," as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Saikazaki port for an election ...