American tourist arrested for using his fingernails to damage …
23 hours ago · The Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo is a popular tourist attraction. (Reuters: Androniki Christodoulou)The suspect and his family arrived in Japan for sightseeing on Monday. US Embassy staff have ...
American tourist arrested over defacing of Meiji Shrine torii gate
1 day ago · 1 min. Tokyo police arrested a 65-year-old American man Wednesday on suspicion of property damage after he allegedly carved letters into the wooden pillar of a torii gate at the Meiji Shrine in ...
Police arrest US man for scratching letters into Japanese shrine
2 days ago · The Meiji Jingu shrine was constructed in 1920 to honour the spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife Empress Shoken [Sebastian Kahnert/picture alliance via Getty Images]
American Tourist Arrested for Vandalizing Meiji Jingu Shrine
2 days ago · By Eugenie Shin. November 14, 2024. A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested on suspicion of vandalism on Wednesday for damaging a torii gate at Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward. The day before, at approximately 11:20 a.m., he allegedly carved the name of a family member onto the gate with his fingernails as a prank.
Japan's latest tourism headache is American arrested for …
21 hours ago · Tokyo Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrest of a 65-year-old American on Wednesday on suspicion of carving alphabetical characters into the pillar of a torii gate of the Meiji Jingu Shrine on Tuesday. The suspect and his family arrived in Japan for sightseeing on Monday, the Jiji news service said. Security camera footage led police to ...
American tourist arrested for allegedly defacing Tokyo's Meiji Jingu Shrine
15 hours ago · An American man has been arrested for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Meiji Jingu Shrine in Japan's Tokyo. Tokyo Metropolitan Police alleged that the 65-year-old man used his fingernails to carve five letters into the pillar of a torii gate at the popular tourist spot. The suspect, Steve Lee Hayes was arrested on Wednesday (Nov 13) …
American man arrested for defacing Tokyo's Meiji Jingu shrine
2 days ago · Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 65-year-old American male 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 arrived in Japan for a holiday with his family on Monday, claimed he was writing his family members' names as a prank ...
Japan police arrest American tourist, 65, accused of defacing one …
Steve Hayes, a 65-year-old American, was holidaying in Japan with his family and arrived in the country on Monday. He visited one of Tokyo’s most famous shrines, Meiji Jingu, and allegedly ...
American tourist arrested for defacing Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu shrine …
2 days ago · A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a Tokyo shrine, ... scratch one of the gate’s pillars as a prank at Meiji Jingu, one ...
American tourist arrested for vandalizing Tokyo's sacred gate - MSN
A 65-year-old U.S. citizen was detained by Japanese police on charges of vandalizing the wooden torii gate of one of Tokyo's most frequently visited shrines, Meiji Jingu. Officers arrested the ...