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

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

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

An American man is arrested on suspicion of vandalizing Tokyo's Meiji Shrine:: Tokyo, Japan:: November 14, 2024:: File:: ...

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.

Tokyo authorities arrested a 65-year-old U.S. tourist for allegedly defacing the gate of a local shrine. Police detained the ...

A 65-year-old U.S. citizen was detained by Japanese police on charges of damaging the wooden torii gate of one of Tokyo's ...

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.

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On the very same night, he got cured. In order to thank for the favors received the king donated 175 Acres of land on which stands the present shrine. [4] The shrine is famous for its annual feast, ...