Steve Lee Hayes carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested on suspicion of property ...

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

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

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

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

An American tourist was arrested for vandalism at a historic shrine in Tokyo a day after arriving in the country on vacation ...

Police said Monday they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for “death” was found graffitied on two ...

Suspect Steve Lee Hayes, 65, allegedly carved letters into the wooden pillar of one of the shrine's torii gates.

Deer, accustomed to humans, are becoming aggressive due to more visitors. Authorities urge caution and are taking protective ...

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