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Meiji shrine, Tokyo

The Independent on MSN · 3h

American tourist arrested in Japan for defacing a religious shrine by carving into gate with his fingernails

Steve Lee Hayes was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of property damage, a Tokyo Metropolitan Police spokesperson told TheJapan Times. Hayes is accused of “carving the alphabet with his fingernails” into the wooden pillar of Meiji shrine gate in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward around 11am on Tuesday, police told the outlet.

New York Daily News · 19h

American tourist arrested in Tokyo for defacing shrine gate

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

日本テレビ · 12h

American man arrested for vandalizing torii gate at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo

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

Latin Times on MSN3h

American Tourist Used Fingernails to Carve Initials into Sacred Japanese Temple: Police

An American tourist was arrested after he allegedly used his fingernails to carve five letters into a gate at the Meiji Jingu ...

Al Jazeera on MSN1d

Japanese police arrest US man for allegedly scratching letters into shrine

Japanese police have arrested a 65-year-old American tourist for allegedly defacing a Tokyo shrine. The man, identified as ...

13dOpinion

INTERVIEW/ Wieland Wagner: Japanese must weigh merits of emperor system vs. democracy

German historian and journalist Wieland Wagner called for Japanese to address the problems of their symbolic emperor system, ...

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