Japanese Parliament Strengthens Security Measures after Receiving Threats to Kill PM

 Japan's parliament announced Friday that it has beefed up security measures after receiving cyber threats against Prime Minister (PM) Fumio Kishida and lawmakers.

The Japanese House of Representatives – the lower chamber of parliament, according to the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) - said that it had received an anonymous e-mail threatening to kill the prime minister soon.

The council indicated that the government had been informed of this threat.

The channel confirmed that this message arrived one day after the House of Representatives and Senate in Japan received emails from a person claiming to be a member of a religious group, as he claimed to have planted explosives and advanced devices to generate toxic sarin gas in the buildings that house the offices of the representatives.