Hidehisa Otsuji, president of the Upper House, and Takamaro Fukuoka, health minister, also sent masakaki offerings to the shrine on Oct. 17. A bipartisan Diet members' group for visiting Yasukuni ...

The MSDF's minesweeper Ukushima, carrying a crew of about 40, reported that the blaze broke out in the engine room at around 9:50 a.m. local time, when it was sailing some 2.5 kilometers off Oshima ...

Among Japan’s 2,000+ Sumiyoshi Shrines, Fukuoka’s Sumiyoshi Shrine in Hakata is one of the oldest. This historic shrine is deeply connected to sumo, hosting the Japan Sumo Association’s official ...

Each November, during the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, the Asakayama Sumo Stable, led by former Ozeki Kaio, sets up training quarters at Sumiyoshi Shrine, a sacred site in Fukuoka. Unlike Tokyo, ...

This farming town of around 9,300 people has learned it needs financial help to accommodate the 2 million tourists who flood ...

The ancient sport is described as being in a crisis as it grapples with several issues, including high attrition rates ...

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

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

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

Tokyo authorities arrested a 65-year-old U.S. tourist for allegedly defacing the grate of a local shrine on Tuesday.

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.