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,