Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida evacuated after explosion | ABC News

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been evacuated, unhurt, after a suspect threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb at an outdoor speech in western Japan on Saturday, according to domestic media reports. Subscribe: Read more here: A loud explosion was heard, but the PM took cover and was unharmed while police subdued a man at the scene, public broadcaster NHK said. The incident occurred at the Saikazaki fishing harbour in Wakayama prefecture, some 65 kilometres south-west of Osaka city. Former prime minister Shinzo Abe — the longest-serving leader of modern Japan — was assassinated with a homemade gun last July while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking the nation and prompting a review of security for politicians, who routinely press the flesh with the public. Mr Kishida had just started to deliver the speech after touring the