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 was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of property damage, a Tokyo Metropolitan Police spokesperson told ...

TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Photographer Hiro Komae got his start at The Associated as a photo editor in New York, the news ...

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

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

Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday, lifted by rises in exporter shares on a weaker yen and financial issues on prospects for ...

An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan's struggle to cope with misbehaving visitors amid a boom in inbound tourism.

Japan is seeing a record boom in tourism, but one recent visitor travelled more than the circumference of the earth to get ...

Princess Yuriko became the sister-in-law of Japan's World War II-era Emperor Hirohito when she married his brother Prince ...

Princess Yuriko of Japan, who was the oldest member of the Japanese Imperial Family, has died at 101 years old. Princess ...

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

Japan’s economy eked out an annual rate of 0.9% growth in the July-September quarter as consumer spending held up.