American tourist arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing shrine gate
12 hours ago · By Arata Yamamoto and Marlene Lenthang. TOKYO — An American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a pillar of a gate to a shrine in Tokyo. Steve Lee Hayes, 65 ...
American tourist arrested over defacing of Meiji Shrine torii gate
20 hours 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 ...
American Tourist Arrested for Defacing Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo
21 hours 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.
American jackass tourist arrested after carving name into gate at Tokyo …
21 hours ago · Cops arrest senior citizen who vandalized shrine one day after arriving in Japan with family.. On Monday, American Steve Hayes arrived in Japan with three of his family members for a sightseeing trip. The next day, the family visited Meiji Shrine, downtown Tokyo’s largest Shinto shrine, which is conveniently located next to Harajuku Station.. It’s very much a standard tourist place to ...
American man arrested for defacing Tokyo's Meiji Jingu shrine
1 day 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 ...
Police arrest US man for scratching letters into Japanese shrine
20 hours ago · Visitors explore the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo, Japan [Sebastian Kahnert/picture alliance via Getty Images] Published On 14 Nov 2024 14 Nov 2024. ... Source: Al Jazeera and news agencies.
Japan police arrest US tourist accused of defacing one of Tokyo’s …
14 hours ago · He visited one of Tokyo’s most famous shrines, Meiji Jingu, and allegedly defaced one of its gate’s pillars as a prank by using his fingernails to scratch the surface, reported AFP.
American tourist arrested for defacing Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu shrine …
20 hours ago · A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a Tokyo shrine, ... to scratch one of the gate’s pillars as a prank at Meiji Jingu ...
US tourist arrested for defacing Tokyo shrine | The Straits Times
23 hours ago · Nov 14, 2024, 11:01 AM. TOKYO - A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a Tokyo shrine, police said on Nov 14, the latest ...
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 ...