Japan PM Kishida says we must stand firm against violence after Trump rally shooting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters accompanied by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (not pictured) in Berlin, Germany, July 12, 2024. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Sunday that we must stand firm against any form of violence that challenges democracy, after multiple shots rang out at a rally held by former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

"I pray for former President Trump's speedy recovery," Kishida said in a post on social media platform X.

(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Jamie Freed)