A man attacked the house of Japanese PM with a car. Attempt to enter Japanese PM's house: The man rammed his car into the barricades, before that he also threw petrol bombs at the party office.

On Saturday (October 19) in Tokyo, Japan, a person rammed his car into the barricades installed at the Prime Minister's house. Before this, he also attacked the office of the Prime Minister's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with a petrol bomb. Due to this a fire broke out there. However the fire was soon brought under control. After this the police arrested him.

According to news agency AFP, the person's name is Atsunobu Usuda. The man is 49 years old and is a resident of Saitama city. After attacking the Prime Minister's house, he also threw a smoke grenade towards the police. The Japanese PM's house is only 15 minutes away from the party office. There is no report of anyone being injured in the incident. The party did not give any statement on this attack.

Several plastic tanks were also found in Usuda's car.

Usuda was angry with the rule of money required to contest elections According to media reports, Usuda wanted to contest the elections, but was unhappy with the rules regarding the amount of money required to contest elections. He said this in a social media post. He also participated in protests against nuclear plants.

To contest elections in Japan, a candidate has to deposit 3 million yen (approximately Rs 16 lakh 83 thousand) for a single constituency and 6 million yen (approximately Rs 33 lakh 66 thousand) for a regional block constituency.

Japan has elections on 27th October Parliament elections are held in Japan on 27 October. Earlier, the LDP's popularity had declined due to allegations of misfunding and tax evasion. Shigeru Ishiba became the Prime Minister of Japan on October 1. Since then he is continuously trying to improve the image of the party. For this, the party has also expelled many leaders who are accused of corruption. However, many of those leaders are now preparing to contest the elections as independents.

Fumio Kishida became the Prime Minister after Shinzo Abe. He had announced not to contest the elections on September 14 itself.

PM Shinzo Abe was assassinated in 2022 Earlier in 2022, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead during an election rally. The attacker had said that Abe had connections with the Unification Church. His mother had donated all her property to this church, due to which he was angry with Abe. According to the report, some LDP leaders still have ties to the Unification Church.

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