Public prosecutors demanded Monday that a 25-year-old man accused of attempted murder and other charges for throwing an explosive at then-Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an election campaign ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 25-year-old man accused of attempted murder and other charges for throwing an explosive at then-Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April 2023 denied Tuesday any intent to kill him. Ryuji Kimura ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Aug. 14 announced he will not seek re-election in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential race in September, citing fallout from the funding scandal in the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a new fiscal stimulus program in response to a fall in his cabinet’s approval rating. The approval rating, which peaked at 59 percent in ...

Following insufficient security measures that led to a failed attack on former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a stump speech in 2023, the National Police Agency has called on organizers of ...

TOKYO, October 1. /TASS/. The Japanese government led by Fumio Kishida has resigned ahead of the formation of a new cabinet by the next prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, Chief Cabinet Secretary ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Tuesday at a court in ...

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 ...