<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resumed campaigning on Saturday, shortly after being evacuated unharmed from the scene of an apparent "smoke bomb" blast, local media reported.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"There was a loud blast sound at the previous speech venue. Police are&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">investigating details, but I'd like to apologise for worrying many people and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">causing them trouble," national broadcaster NHK quoted Kishida as saying at a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">stop in western Japan's Wakayama.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"An election that's important to our country is taking place, and we must&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">work together and follow through on it." AFP</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>