According to public broadcaster NHK, five letters – believed to be the tourist’s family name – were allegedly etched into a ...

An American man has been arrested for defacing the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo, as Japan struggles with heavy tourist numbers and misbehaving visitors. Tokyo Metropolitan Police allege the man ...

The antics of tourists in places of religious worship never cease to amaze. In Japan, there's much talk about an American ...

To pray for good fortune in the New Year, people in Japan routinely flock to temples and shrines in the first few days of January. Tokyo's Meiji Shrine enshrines Emperor Meiji, who ruled from ...

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

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 ...

Because of its importance, Meiji Jingu pulls in plenty of sightseers ... The star attraction here is Senso-ji, Tokyo’s oldest temple, which was first built in the 600s to house a statue of ...

Steven Lee Hayes, 65, is accused of carving his family's name into the gate of a famed Tokyo shrine, say police ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

Steve Hayes reportedly used his fingernails to scratch letters in a traditional wooden gate at the temple complex.