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

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

The clip that caused the controversy has been deleted. The torii gate is a sacred symbol in Japan, marking the boundary between the physical world and the spiritual realm at Shinto shrines.

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 ...

Torii, although at first glance they appear to be simple structures, are a sacred gate or traditional arch ... Perez held onto the symbol and performed leg movements to the beat of DJ Casper's ...

the gate also serves as the symbol of Miyajima island, where the shrine stands. The current gate is the ninth-generation torii. The first one is believed to have been built during the rule of ...

Torii gates are significant symbols in Japanese culture and religion, used to mark entrances to sacred spaces like Shinto shrines. Therefore, a $70 collectible of a desecrated Torii gate can be ...

The footage depicted Perez using a Torii, a traditional gate that marks the entrance to ... religious significance attached to this sacred symbol in Japanese culture. The Torii serves as a ...

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