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

American tourist arrested in Japan for defacing a religious shrine by carving into gate with his fingernails - The ...

Ms Emery developed a unique chart of the Japanese alphabet to make the learning easier and fun for children. "In Japan, we can see the Japanese alphabet everywhere, like in a supermarket.

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

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