Kansai region
Region of Japan
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| February 4 2025 | Kimura's trial begins, where he claimed he did not intend to kill Kishida and was motivated by frustration over being blocked from running in the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election. |
| April 23 2023 | A by-election was held in Wakayama Prefecture to fill the vacant parliamentary seat. |
| April 16 2023 | Security checks intensified for the remainder of the election campaign following the attempted assassination of Fumio Kishida |
| April 15 2023 | Local fishermen intervened during the assassination attempt by physically restraining the suspect who was preparing to throw a second explosive device. The suspect was subsequently arrested on the spot by plainclothes police officers for 'obstruction of business'. |
| April 15 2023 | A pipe bomb was thrown near Fumio Kishida during a campaign stump speech in Saikazaki, Wakayama. The bomb exploded 50 seconds after being thrown, injuring two people. Kishida was evacuated and not harmed in the incident. |
| September 2022 | Shūhei Kishimoto resigned from his position as Member of Parliament from Wakayama 1st district to run for the 2022 Wakayama governor election. |
| July 2022 | Ryūji Kimura attempted to run in the Upper House election but was blocked due to his age and inability to pay the deposit fee. |
| July 8 2022 | Assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, which occurred nine months before the attempted assassination of Fumio Kishida |
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