Posted inBombs and Explosives Ishiba, Shigeru Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Tokyo (Japan) Man Arrested in Japan After Attack on Governing Party Headquarters An assailant tried to breach security at the office of the new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, a public broadcaster reported. Posted by By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno
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