American tourist arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing shrine gate
7 hours ago · The Japan Times reported that the letters were carved into a wooden pillar of a traditional entrance, known as a torii gate, at the Meiji Shrine.. Hayes allegedly used his fingernails to etch five ...
U.S. Tourist Arrested for Vandalizing Historic Shrine in Tokyo
4 hours ago · Steve Lee Hayes, 65, allegedly carved the initials of his family members. People walk past a Torii gate at Meiji shrine in Tokyo on November 14, 2024. Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images ...
American tourist arrested in Tokyo for vandalizing Meiji Shrine gate
7 hours ago · People walk past a Torii gate at Meiji shrine in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2024. A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a Tokyo shrine ...
Japan police arrest American tourist, 65, accused of defacing one …
15 hours ago · He visited one of Tokyo’s most famous shrines, Meiji Jingu, and allegedly defaced one of its gate’s pillars as a prank by using his fingernails to scratch the surface, reported AFP.
American Tourist Arrested for Vandalizing Meiji Jingu Shrine
22 hours ago · By Eugenie Shin. November 14, 2024. A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested on suspicion of vandalism on Wednesday for damaging a torii gate at Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward. The day before, at approximately 11:20 a.m., he allegedly carved the name of a family member onto the gate with his fingernails as a prank.
Tokyo police arrest American tourist for allegedly defacing shrine …
8 hours ago · He allegedly used his fingernails to etch the letters on the torii gates of the Meiji Shrine on Tuesday. ... World News // 6 hours ago. World Bank: Lebanon's war-inflicted losses reach $8.5 billion.
Police arrest US man for scratching letters into Japanese shrine
21 hours ago · Staff at the Meiji Jingu shrine, constructed in 1920 to honour the spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife Empress Shoken, discovered the damage the same day and alerted police, who arrested Hayes ...
American man arrested for defacing Tokyo's Meiji Jingu shrine
1 day ago · Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 65-year-old American male for allegedly defacing Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo earlier this week by using his fingernails to scratch letters in a torii gate there. Steve Hayes, who arrived in Japan for a holiday with his family on Monday, claimed he was writing his family members' names as a prank ...
American tourist arrested for defacing Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu shrine …
21 hours ago · A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a Tokyo shrine, ... to scratch one of the gate’s pillars as a prank at Meiji Jingu ...
US tourist arrested for defacing Tokyo shrine | The Straits Times
1 day ago · Nov 14, 2024, 11:01 AM. TOKYO - A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a Tokyo shrine, police said on Nov 14, the latest ...
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