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Japan Pm Denounces Attack: Japan PM denounces attack, vows security review before G7
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Japan Pm Denounces Attack: Japan PM denounces attack, vows security review before G7

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida denounced a pipe bomb attack at a campaign event he attended last weekend and pledged to review security procedures…

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Japan PM Fumio Kishida says security balance 'difficult' after attack
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Japan PM Fumio Kishida says security balance ‘difficult’ after attack

TOKYO: Striking the right balance on security for politicians is “very difficult”, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in an interview Thursday, days after he…

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Japan: Suspect in Japan PM attack may have had election grudge
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Japan: Suspect in Japan PM attack may have had election grudge

TOKYO: A 24-year-old man who allegedly threw an explosive at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wanted to be a politician and believed that he was unfairly…

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Lack of security for Japanese prime minister surprised many
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Lack of security for Japanese prime minister surprised many

WAKAYAMA: The fishermen who tackled the man suspected of the second attack on a Japanese political leader in less than a year were surprised by…

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Japan PM Fumio Kishida urges better security after blast targets speech
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Japan PM Fumio Kishida urges better security after blast targets speech

TOKYO: Japan needs to increase security as Group of Seven officials visit, the country’s prime minister said Sunday, a day after an explosive was thrown…

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Japanese PM Unhurt After Blast: Japanese PM unhurt after blast during campaign event
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Japanese PM Unhurt After Blast: Japanese PM unhurt after blast during campaign event

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed Saturday after someone threw an explosive device in his direction while he was campaigning at a…

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Nobel prize-winner Kenzaburo Oe, dead at 88, used words to preach pacifism
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Nobel prize-winner Kenzaburo Oe, dead at 88, used words to preach pacifism

TOKYO: Kenzaburo Oe, who won Japan its second Nobel Prize for literature with books about pacifism and his disabled son, has died.His death, on March…

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