The man who threw a homemade bomb at then-Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in 2023 got 10 years in prison Wednesday for attempted murder. Kishida was not hurt.

A Japanese court has convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison, according to local media reports.

A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, after attempting to murder Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with a homemade pipe bomb two years ago.

Man who attacked Japan’s ex-PM Kishida sentenced to 10 years in jail - Japanese court finds Ryuji Kimura guilty of attempted murder in 2023 pipe bomb attack

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.

Former Japanese PM Fumio Kishida was attacked in 2023 during a campaign. While he escaped unhurt, two others sustained minor injuries. The attack came a year after his predecessor Shinzo Abe was assassinated during a campaign.

A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of Japan's former prime minister Fumio Kishida in 2023. Ryuji Kimura, 25, hurled a pipe bomb at Kishida as the country's leader approached a crowd for a speech during an election event in the city of Wakayama.

A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for attempting to kill Japan's ex-prime minister Fumio Kishida with a pipe bomb in 2023, local media said. Kishida was unharmed in the attack with a homemade device at a campaign event where assailant Ryuji Kimura,

A 25-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for the attempted murder in 2023 of then-Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the Kyodo news agency reported. The court in the western city of Wakayama found that the man intended to kill Kishida and others on April 15,