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

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

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 allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine.

Torii gates are iconic structures that mark the boundary between the everyday and the sacred at Shinto shrines across Japan. Defacing sites or breaking ... posing for a “butt selfie” in front of a ...

Torii gates are iconic structures that mark the boundary between the everyday and the sacred at Shinto shrines across Japan ... selfie” in front of a famous Buddhist temple.

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

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine. The suspect, Steve Lee Hayes, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ...