A piece of a torii, a freestanding gate in Japan used to mark the entrance of a shrine or sacred area, was removed from South Jetty Beach near Florence on Tuesday. (Oregon Parks and Recreation ...

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 ...

An American tourist was arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing a traditional wooden gate at a famous Tokyo shrine by etching letters on it, police said on Thursday. Steve Hayes, a 65-year-old ...

A sculptural installation symbolizing a Japanese shrine (神社) has been set up on Siridan-gil in the High-tech area of Gwangju Metropolitan City, sparking controversy. On the afternoon of the 25th, at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine. The ...

(CNN) — A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine. The suspect, Steve Lee Hayes, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion ...