The Japan Times
A 25-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday over the attempted murder of then-Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the city of Wakayama in 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/19/japan/crime-legal/kishida-attacker-prison-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #ryujikimura #fumiokishida
Kishida attacker sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted murder

Kimura maintained through the trial that he did not intend to harm anyone, adding that he threw the explosive to draw attention to his 2022 lawsuit.

The Japan Times
Feb 19 at 7:09amBuffer