Jan. 7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. man was arrested for desecrating it. Japanese ...

Japan welcomed nearly 27 million visitors through September, a record pace, and their spending added 5.86 trillion yen ($37.5 billion) to the economy. But incidents of vandalism, public drunkenness, ...

An American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a pillar of a gate to a shrine in Tokyo. Steve Lee Hayes, 65, was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of property ...

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Grand sumo champion Yokozuna Terunofuji performs the Shiranui-style entering ceremony for the new year's dedication at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Tuesday. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI 30,197 people ...

Steven Lee Hayes, 65, is accused of carving his family's name into the gate of a famed Tokyo shrine, say police BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested in Japan for ...

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing a wooden gate at a shrine in Tokyo, according to local police. Steve Lee Hayes has reportedly admitted to writing “his ...