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

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

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Japan’s economy eked out an annual rate of 0.9% growth in the July-September quarter as consumer spending held up.

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