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| Japan’s Prime Minister Safely Evacuated After Blast | Japan’s Prime Minister Safely Evacuated After Blast |
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| Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan was safely evacuated on Saturday after an explosion was heard just before he was scheduled to give a speech, the country’s national broadcaster said. | Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan was safely evacuated on Saturday after an explosion was heard just before he was scheduled to give a speech, the country’s national broadcaster said. |
| The episode took place late Saturday morning in the western Japanese city of Wakayama, the broadcaster, NHK, reported. | |
| Mr. Kishida had been scheduled to give a speech in support of a lower house candidate from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party who was running in a by-election, according to NHK. | |
| An officer at the police department in Wakayama declined to comment on Saturday. | |
| Wakayama is near Nara, the city where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated during a campaign speech last July. | Wakayama is near Nara, the city where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated during a campaign speech last July. |
| This is a developing story. | This is a developing story. |