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

A 65-year-old U.S. citizen was detained by Japanese police on charges of damaging the wooden torii gate of one of Tokyo's ...

The antics of tourists in places of religious worship never cease to amaze. In Japan, there's much talk about an American ...

(Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Police said Monday they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for "death" was found graffitied on two spots of a stone wall at the war-linked ...

Police said Monday they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for "death" was found graffitied on two spots of a stone wall at the war-linked ... been found on a torii gate at Meiji ...

Steven Lee Hayes, 65, is accused of carving his family's name into the gate of a famed Tokyo shrine, say police.

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

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

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

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

(Mainichi/Kenji Yoneda) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- 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 ...

Police have arrested a 65-year-old American man 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 ...