Tokyo Metropolitan Police allege the man used his fingernails to carve five letters into the pillar of a torii gate at the ...

An American tourist was arrested for defacing one of Tokyo ’s most sacred shrines after he allegedly etched letters into its ...

TOKYO — Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 65-year-old American male for allegedly defacing Meiji Jingu shrine in ...

TOKYO, Japan – An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan’s struggle to cope ...

Steve Hayes, who arrived in Japan for a holiday with his family on Monday, reportedly used his fingernails to scratch one of ...

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

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

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

American tourist Steve Hayes was arrested on Wednesday ‘on suspicion of damaging property’ at the Meiji Jingu shrine ...

Police have arrested a 65-year-old American man 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 ...