American tourist arrested for allegedly defacing gate at Tokyo shrine
A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine.
American Tourist Busted for Gross Desecration of Tokyo Shrine
An American visiting Japan with his family has been arrested on suspicion of vandalism after allegedly desecrating Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu Shrine. According to Reuters, the 65-year-old (identified as Steve Lee Hayes) clawed five letters representing family names into a pillar of the Torii gates with his fingernails.
American tourist arrested for scratching family names into sacred Japanese shrine as a "prank"
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American man arrested for vandalizing torii gate at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo
Japanese police have arrested a 65-year-old male American tourist on suspicion of vandalizing a wooden torii gate at
American tourist arrested over defacing of Meiji Shrine torii gate
Suspect Steve Lee Hayes, 65, allegedly carved letters into the wooden pillar of one of the shrine's torii gates.
U.S. Tourist Arrested for Vandalizing Historic Shrine in Tokyo
An American tourist was arrested for vandalism at a historic shrine in Tokyo a day after arriving in the country on vacation with his family.
Japan's Latest Tourism Headache Is American Arrested for Damaging Tokyo Shrine
Japan welcomed nearly 27 million visitors through September, a record pace, and their spending added 5.86 trillion yen ($37.5 billion) to the economy. But incidents of vandalism, public drunkenness, and "overtourism" at popular sites have sparked debate about how to handle the flood of visitors and those who flout the rules.
American tourist arrested in Tokyo for defacing shrine gate
A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for carving letters into a wooden gate at a shrine in Tokyo.
American tourist, 65, arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing shrine gate
An American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a pillar of a gate to a shrine in Tokyo.
Japan police arrest American tourist, 65, accused of defacing one of Tokyo’s most iconic shrines
American tourist Steve Hayes was arrested on Wednesday ‘on suspicion of damaging property’ at the Meiji Jingu shrine
US Tourist Arrested For Defacing Tokyo Shrine
A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a Tokyo shrine, police said Thursday, the latest example of bad behaviour by visitors flooding back to Japan post-pandemic.
American tourist arrested in Japan and accused of defacing shrine gate
Steve Lee Hayes carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested on suspicion of property ...
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