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

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

An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan's struggle to cope with misbehaving visitors amid a boom in inbound tourism.

The shrine includes 14 Japanese wartime leaders ... Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and has called a snap election of Japan's ...

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

The shrine includes 14 Japanese wartime leaders ... and he has called a snap election of Japan's lower house of parliament. Polls indicate his ruling Liberal Democratic Party is at risk of losing ...

Please no messages or comments. Thank you.” Several locals praised Perez’s “courage” for apologising for the shrine stunt. One Japanese social media user commented: “We welcome ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during press conference at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent a ritual offering to the ...

TOKYO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent an offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, his office said on Thursday, drawing criticism from South Korea and China which view ...