Japan's Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested a 65-year-old American man on suspicion of property damage. Security footage at ...

An American tourist was arrested for defacing one of Tokyo ’s most sacred shrines after he allegedly etched letters into its ...

Steve Lee Hayes, 65, was arrested after allegedly getting caught on camera using his fingernails to scratch five letters into ...

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

Steve Hayes reportedly used his fingernails to scratch letters in a traditional wooden gate at the temple complex.

Graffiti at historic shrines, car thefts and other incidents have raised concerns about Japan’s perception of foreigners.

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 American tourist for allegedly defacing a Tokyo shrine. The man, identified as ...

He visited one of Tokyo’s most famous shrines, Meiji Jingu, and allegedly defaced one ... “on suspicion of damaging property” at the shrine complex, a police spokeswoman said.

Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 65-year-old American male for allegedly defacing Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo ...

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