A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine.

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for carving letters into a wooden gate at a shrine in Tokyo.

Tokyo Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrest of a 65-year-old American on Wednesday (November 13) on suspicion of carving ...

An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan's struggle to cope with misbehaving visitors amid a boom in inbound tourism. Japan welcomed nearly 27 million ...

TOKYO — Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 65-year-old American male for allegedly defacing Meiji Jingu shrine in ...

An American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a pillar of a gate to a shrine in Tokyo.

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Carvings resembling Chinese characters, along with scratches, have also been found on a torii gate at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, investigative sources said the same day.

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