Tokyo authorities arrested a 65-year-old U.S. tourist for allegedly defacing the gate of a local shrine. Police detained the suspect, identified as Steven Lee Hayes, at his hotel Wednesday afternoon after an investigation into the gate's defacing at the Meiji Shine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward using video surveillance led authorities to him.

American tourist Steve Hayes was arrested on Wednesday ‘on suspicion of damaging property’ at the Meiji Jingu shrine

An American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a pillar of a gate to a shrine in Tokyo.

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 U.S. citizen was detained by Japanese police on charges of damaging the wooden torii gate of one of Tokyo's most visited shrines, Meiji Jingu. Officers arrested the American tourist on Thursday,

A 65-year-old US tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a Tokyo shrine, police said Thursday.

A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a Tokyo shrine, police said Thursday, the latest example of bad behavior by visitors flooding back to Japan post-pandemic.

A 65-year-old US citizen has been detained by Japanese police on charges of damaging the wooden torii gate of Tokyo's Meiji Jingu shrine, one of the city's most frequented tourist attractions. Officers arrested the American tourist on Thursday,