A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of Japan's former prime minister Fumio Kishida in 2023. Ryuji Kimura, 25, hurled a pipe bomb at Kishida as the country's leader approached a crowd for a speech during an election event in the city of Wakayama.

A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for attempting to kill Japan's ex-prime minister Fumio Kishida with a pipe bomb in 2023, local media said. Kishida was unharmed in the attack with a homemade device at a campaign event where assailant Ryuji Kimura,

A 25-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for the attempted murder in 2023 of then-Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the Kyodo news agency reported. The court in the western city of Wakayama found that the man intended to kill Kishida and others on April 15,