ALERT: Japan PM evacuated after blast at speech in Wakayama: Japanese media

Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Saturday 4/15/2023

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was rushed from a speech after a blast was heard and smoke filled the area on Saturday, local media reported.

The prime minister was safe, and a person was detained at the scene at a port in Wakayama in western Japan, national broadcaster NHK and other media said.