<p>Suspected gunpowder has been found at the home of a man accused of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/japan-pm-fumio-kishida-evacuated-after-bomb-scare-at-event-1209874.html" target="_blank">throwing an explosive at Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida</a> during a campaign event, local media said Monday.</p>.<p>Kishida was unharmed in the attack, in which a suspected pipe bomb was tossed towards him at a port in western Japan's Wakayama, shortly before he gave a speech.</p>.<p>Police spent over eight hours on Sunday searching the home of the man, who has been named as 24-year-old Ryuji Kimura and local residents were temporarily evacuated over the threat of explosives.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/fumio-kishida-urges-better-security-after-blast-targets-speech-1210137.html" target="_blank">Fumio Kishida urges better security after blast targets speech</a></strong></p>.<p>Wakayama police declined to comment on the reports.</p>.<p>National broadcaster <em>NHK </em>said suspected gunpowder, as well as pipe-like objects and tools were found at the home, and investigators now believe the explosive thrown at the event was homemade.</p>.<p>They are analysing Kimura's phone and computer for clues, but he has so far refused to detail any motive in the attack.</p>.<p>He was transferred on Monday to the Wakayama prosecutors' office from a local police station, local media reported. The prosecutors' office declined to comment.</p>.<p><em>NHK </em>aired footage showing him sitting in the rear seat of a police car looking straight ahead as he was moved.</p>.<p>He is currently under arrest on suspicion of obstruction of business.</p>.<p>The attack came less than a year after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, which traumatised Japan and forced a security shake-up for public officials.</p>.<p>And it happened as climate and energy ministers from the Group of Seven countries met in the northern city of Sapporo, and a day before the bloc's foreign ministers arrived in the resort town of Karuizawa for talks.</p>.<p>Top government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said Monday that the police agency had "instructed police across the country to strengthen security, which was immediately implemented".</p>.<p>Officers were ordered to "strengthen patrolling and guarding, including security for the G7 Hiroshima summit", Matsuno said.</p>
<p>Suspected gunpowder has been found at the home of a man accused of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/japan-pm-fumio-kishida-evacuated-after-bomb-scare-at-event-1209874.html" target="_blank">throwing an explosive at Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida</a> during a campaign event, local media said Monday.</p>.<p>Kishida was unharmed in the attack, in which a suspected pipe bomb was tossed towards him at a port in western Japan's Wakayama, shortly before he gave a speech.</p>.<p>Police spent over eight hours on Sunday searching the home of the man, who has been named as 24-year-old Ryuji Kimura and local residents were temporarily evacuated over the threat of explosives.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/fumio-kishida-urges-better-security-after-blast-targets-speech-1210137.html" target="_blank">Fumio Kishida urges better security after blast targets speech</a></strong></p>.<p>Wakayama police declined to comment on the reports.</p>.<p>National broadcaster <em>NHK </em>said suspected gunpowder, as well as pipe-like objects and tools were found at the home, and investigators now believe the explosive thrown at the event was homemade.</p>.<p>They are analysing Kimura's phone and computer for clues, but he has so far refused to detail any motive in the attack.</p>.<p>He was transferred on Monday to the Wakayama prosecutors' office from a local police station, local media reported. The prosecutors' office declined to comment.</p>.<p><em>NHK </em>aired footage showing him sitting in the rear seat of a police car looking straight ahead as he was moved.</p>.<p>He is currently under arrest on suspicion of obstruction of business.</p>.<p>The attack came less than a year after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, which traumatised Japan and forced a security shake-up for public officials.</p>.<p>And it happened as climate and energy ministers from the Group of Seven countries met in the northern city of Sapporo, and a day before the bloc's foreign ministers arrived in the resort town of Karuizawa for talks.</p>.<p>Top government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said Monday that the police agency had "instructed police across the country to strengthen security, which was immediately implemented".</p>.<p>Officers were ordered to "strengthen patrolling and guarding, including security for the G7 Hiroshima summit", Matsuno said.</p>