People pass through the entrance gate to the Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images An American tourist is accused of desecrating the entrance ...

Staff of the shrine discovered the damage later that same day and called the police ... There was such a sign the last time I was at Meiji Jingu. If you enter from the Harajuku station side, you have ...

on suspicion of carving letters into the pillar of a torii gate of the city's famous Meiji Jingu Shrine, marking the latest example of Japan's struggle to cope with misbehaving visitors amid a ...

on suspicion of carving alphabetical characters into the pillar of a torii gate of the Meiji Jingu Shrine on Tuesday. The suspect and his family arrived in Japan for sightseeing on Monday ...

Tokyo Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrest of the 65-year-old American on Nov 13 on suspicion of carving alphabetical characters into the pillar of a torii gate at Meiji Jingu Shrine on Nov 12.