The Meiji Jingu shrine, in Tokyo, honours the Emperor Meiji and his wife Empress Shoken (Picture: Meremagnum/Getty Images) An American tourist was arrested for defacing one of Tokyo’s most ...

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine. The suspect, Steve Lee Hayes, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ...

It's not clear whether he remains in custody. Meiji Shrine is a Shinto shrine and popular tourist destination in Tokyo that "commemorate(s) the virtue of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken who took ...

The problem was that it was a sacred torii gate pillar at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. The man has been ... to deal with these numbers. The most popular tourist destinations in the country a ...

An American tourist was arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing a traditional wooden gate at a famous Tokyo shrine by etching letters on it, police said on Thursday. Steve Hayes, a 65-year-old ...

While here, they had, in many ways, a typical tourist itinerary, visiting Sensoji, Tokyo’s most famous Buddhist temple in the Asakusa neighborhood, checking out the otaku district of Akihabara, and ...

Nov. 14 (UPI) --Tokyo authorities arrested a 65-year-old U.S. tourist for allegedly defacing the gate of a local shrine. Police detained the suspect, identified as Steven Lee Hayes, at his hotel ...

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