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A 29-year-old Chinese national living in Japan was arrested on 9 July for allegedly spray-painting the word "Toilet" in English on a stone pillar near the entrance of the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in May. His two alleged accomplices, also Chinese nationals, are believed to have left Japan after the incident. The vandalism occurred around 10 p.m. on 31 May. Tokyo police have obtained arrest warrants for all three men on charges of property destruction and desecration of a place of worship.


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But the 36-year-old man suspected of spray-painting the graffiti and his alleged 25-year-old accomplice who recorded the act on video are now back in China, police said. Police said the 29-year-old suspect, who lives in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, and whose occupation is unknown, apparently purchased the spray can used in the act of vandalism. They made no mention of whether the suspect had admitted to wrongdoing. Video footage posted on social media shows a man spray-painting the pillar with graffiti near the entrance to the Shinto shrine, a site of major controversy because it memorializes 14 Class-A war criminals in addition to honoring Japan's war dead.
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Arrest Made in Yasukuni Shrine Vandalism Case

A 29-year-old Chinese national has been arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Public Security Bureau in connection with vandalism at Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.
newsonjapan.com

www3.nhk.or.jp

China asks Japan for fair investigation into graffiti case at Yasukuni Shrine | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

China's Foreign Ministry says it has called on Japan to conduct a fair investigation into a Chinese man who was arrested over a graffiti case at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
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This guy... I have zero sympathy for him. I don't care too much for Yasukuni shrine and the Yushukan. But coming to Japan and vandalizing its monuments while trying to generate political outrage...well, he can get the Johnny Somali treatment as far as I care.
 
A Chinese resident of Japan, Jiang Zhuojun, 29, has been formally charged with vandalism and desecration of the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. The incident, captured on video and widely circulated on social media, involved spray-painting the word "toilet" on a shrine pillar. Two other Chinese suspects remain at large. The shrine, which honours Japan's war dead, including convicted war criminals, has long been a source of tension with neighbouring countries. The vandalism has further inflamed these sensitivities.


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Jiang Zhuojun, 29, was indicted on charges of damaging property and disrespecting a place of worship after allegedly vandalizing the pillar by spray-painting the English word in red on it on 31 May, prosecutors said. The damage is estimated at 4.6 million yen ($30,000). The two other Chinese, Dong Guangming, 36, and Xu Laiyu, 25, left Japan the following day, according to the police. They were placed on wanted lists on 9 July when Jiang was arrested. Japan has diplomatically expressed its concerns about the incident to the Chinese government.
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english.kyodonews.net

Chinese man in Japan indicted over Yasukuni shrine graffiti

A Chinese man living in Japan was indicted Tuesday for allegedly spray-painting the word "toilet" on a stone pillar at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo in May.
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$30,000 USD equivalent for cleaning up spray paint on the pillar? Are they expecting to have to replace the pillar instead of just clean the paint off? Is the estimator's cousin in the pillar carving business or something?
 
Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo has been vandalized for the second time this year. On 19 August 19, shrine staff discovered graffiti on a stone pillar at the entrance. The graffiti, written in black marker, included the Chinese characters for "toilet" and several other unidentified words and letters. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the incident as property damage. The shrine, which honours Class-A World War II criminals alongside the war dead, is a controversial symbol of Japanese militarism in neighbouring countries like China and South Korea.


Yasukuni Graffiti Take 2


 
I wish I had such fingernails.



A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested by Tokyo police on Wednesday for allegedly vandalizing Meiji Shrine earlier this week by using his fingernails. Steve Hayes, who had arrived in Japan with his family on Monday, admitted to scratching letters into a torii gate pillar using his fingernails. He claimed it was a prank to write his family members' names. The incident occurred around 11:20 AM on Tuesday, where Hayes allegedly carved five letters of the Latin alphabet into a 5 cm by 6 cm area of the gate.

mainichi.jp

American man arrested for allegedly defacing Tokyo's Meiji Jingu shrine - The Mainichi

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 65-year-old American male for allegedly defacing Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo earlier this
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