Police said Monday they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for “death” was found graffitied on two ...

An American tourist was arrested for vandalism at a historic shrine in Tokyo a day after arriving in the country on vacation ...

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

Please no messages or comments. Thank you.” Several locals praised Perez’s “courage” for apologising for the shrine stunt. One Japanese social media user commented: “We welcome ...

TOKYO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent an offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, his office said on Thursday, drawing criticism from South Korea and China which view ...

Following the June incident, in which a stone pillar bearing the shrine’s name was found to be defaced with the word “toilet” spray-painted in red, a Chinese man living in Japan was indicted ...