Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed after the explosion caused by an object resembling a "smoke bomb" The incident comes less than a year after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and as Japan hosts several G7 ministerial meetings this weekend. No one was injured in this incident.

Its author has been identified. He is 24 years old but it is not known why he targeted the Prime Minister. According to media reports, he was arrested on suspicion of "obstructing commercial activity"