Japanese police have arrested a 65-year-old male American tourist on suspicion of vandalizing a wooden torii gate at ...

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When the sensory overload starts to kick in (and it will), retreat to Yoyogi Park (a local favorite during cherry blossom season) or practice peace at the Meiji Shrine. Accessible via Harajuku ...

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

Steve Lee Hayes carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested on suspicion of property ...

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

An American visiting Japan with his family has been arrested on suspicion of vandalism after allegedly desecrating Tokyo’s ...

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 ...

They performed a memorial service for the souls of those slain 153 years ago. In 1874, the Meiji government used the killings as an excuse to dispatch 3,000 troops to Taiwan under the command of ...

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba didn't visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, the start of the shrine's autumn festival, but he made a ritual offering of "masakaki" evergreen twigs.