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On high alert
Published: Apr 17, 2023 12:08 AM
Police officers stay alert near a venue where Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is giving an outdoor speech in Beppu, Oita 
Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 16, 2023. Kishida escaped unharmed the day before after a loud explosion rang out ahead 
of a planned speech in the city of Wakayama. Photo: VCG

Police officers stay alert near a venue where Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is giving an outdoor speech in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 16, 2023. Kishida escaped unharmed the day before after a loud explosion rang out ahead of a planned speech in the city of Wakayama. Photo: VCG