Breaking News: Bomb attack on Japan's PM Fumio Kishida, escapes unhurt

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A loud explosion occurred at a western Japanese port on Saturday during Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit, but there were no injuries, Japan's NHK television reported. Kishida was unharmed and evacuated to the Wakayama prefectural police headquarters, NHK said. The incident comes only nine months after Kishida's predecessor, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated while delivering a campaign speech in the western city of Nara.

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