An American visiting Japan with his family has been arrested on suspicion of vandalism after allegedly desecrating Tokyo’s ...

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

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

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

A 65-year-old American is suspected of carving alphabetical characters into the pillar of a torii gate of the Meiji Jingu ...

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

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

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As Japan's inbound tourism reaches new heights, instances of misconduct by visitors, including vandalism and public ...

The arrest of an American tourist for defacing a revered Tokyo shrine has highlighted a growing challenge for Japan, a ...

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

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine.