| Fumio Kishida bombing attack | |
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| Part of Second Kishida Reshuffled Cabinet | |
.jpg)  Above: Saikazaki fishing port 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 around Saikazaki Fishing Port7 | |
| Native name | List
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| Location | Saikazaki fishing port, Saikazaki, Wakayama, Kansai region, Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°11′20.1″N 135°08′41.4″E / 34.188917°N 135.144833°E |
| Date | 15 April 2023 c. 12:30 pm (JST, UTC+9) |
| Target | Fumio Kishida |
Attack type | Explosion by pipe bomb projectile |
| Weapons | Pipe bomb（30cm） |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Accused | Ryuji 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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edit- ^ 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.
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