TOKYO -- An attack on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida using an explosive device at an election campaign event in western Japan on Saturday has revealed flaws in the methods of protecting dignitaries that should have been corrected following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last year.
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Kishida attack exposes holes in Japan's VIP protection
Suspect was just 10 meters from PM when he threw explosive device
The man believed to have thrown an explosive device at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, later identified as Ryuji Kimura, is subdued in Wakayama, Japan, on April 15. (Photo by Kosuke Sekimoto)
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