The 65-year-old reportedly admitted he ‘wrote his family members’ names’ on the wooden pillar

Summary

Steve Lee Hayes, a 65-year-old American tourist, was arrested in Tokyo for allegedly carving family members’ names into a wooden Torii gate at the Meiji Shrine.

Surveillance footage led police to his hotel, where he was detained.

Hayes admitted to the act, which could result in up to three years in prison or a fine of 300,000 yen ($1,900).

The Meiji Shrine, a significant Shinto site, was built in 1920 to honor Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. The incident occurs amid a surge in international tourism to Japan this year.

  • JargonWagon@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Lemmy loves to trash talk America simply because it’s America. Every online platform has always had a poor perception of America (reddit, Digg, SomethingAwful, 4chan, etc), but Lemmy takes the cake. If this guy was from a different country, there wouldn’t be as much hatred in the comments for him. I’m just stating facts. Even if Harris got elected instead, it wouldn’t change the anti-America perception on this platform and there would still be people raging against him.