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American tourist arrested for defacing Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu shrine in prank
A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a Tokyo shrine, ...
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Police arrest US man for allegedly scratching letters into Japanese shrine
Japanese police have arrested a 65-year-old American tourist for allegedly defacing a Tokyo shrine. The man, identified as ...
Japan ranks 92nd in English proficiency, lowest ever: survey
Japan ranked a record low 92nd in the 2024 English proficiency ranking of 116 countries and regions where English is not the ...
MUFG chief says Japanese lender on track to become one of world’s biggest banks
“We . . . have a top 10 position within our sights,” said MUFG chief Hironori Kamezawa in an interview with the Financial Times in central Tokyo. MUFG’s market value is $140bn, while JPMorgan, the ...
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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 behavior by visitors ...