Tokyo, Japan CNN —Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed Saturday after an explosion at a venue where he was giving an outdoor speech. Video footage released by Japan’s public broadcaster NHK showed members of the public fleeing and a man being arrested following the explosion. A cylinder-shaped object, believed to have been thrown while Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was giving a speech in Wakayama on April 15, 2023. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Saikazaki fishing port in Wakayama, south-western Japan, on April 15, 2023. It too apologized for having “caused everyone concern.”Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida waves as he leaves Wakayama station after delivering his speech on April 15, 2023.

Source: CNN April 16, 2023 00:27 UTC