TOKYO — Japan’s NHK tv reported Saturday {that a} loud explosion occurred at a western Japanese port throughout Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s go to, however there have been no accidents.

Kishida was visiting the Saikazaki port in Wakayama prefecture to cheer his ruling social gathering’s candidate in an area election. There was an explosion simply earlier than he was to start his speech, NHK mentioned.

A person believed to be a suspect was apprehended on the scene, and NHK footage confirmed a number of uniformed and plainclothes law enforcement officials gathered across the man and urgent him to the bottom.

The incident comes 9 months after Kishida’s predecessor, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated whereas delivering a marketing campaign speech.

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