TOKYO — Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 65-year-old American male for allegedly defacing Meiji Jingu shrine in ...

Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 65-year-old American male for allegedly defacing Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo ...

The Japanese word ‘torii’ translates into a symbolic gateway that marks the entrance to the sacred precincts of a Shintō ...

Police said Monday they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for “death” was found graffitied on two ...

A foreign tourist has apologised after incurring the wrath of Japanese social media users for posting a video online in which she performed pull-ups on a sacred “torii” gate at a Shinto shrine ...

With higher-than-usual cases being reported, the Japanese media has even coined a term for it, meiwaku gaikokujin, which translates as “nuisance foreigner," and the latest case involves a tourist who ...

'Yatte Minahare' is a rallying call from Shinjiro Torii to embrace the unknown, question the status quo, take on new ...

Torii gates are traditionally found at the entrance ... “I want to apologize for my actions in Japan. I didn’t mean to be rude. I’m really sorry for what I did without thinking.

A Chilean woman has faced criticism after posting a video on Instagram showing her hanging from a torii shrine gate and doing pullups in sync with music during a visit to Japan. The woman ...

Ippei Torii has literally risked his life to rescue non-Japanese workers from oppressive labor conditions over his long career as a union official. Torii, 66, who chairs the nonprofit group ...

Torii, although at first glance they appear to ... "I want to apologise for my actions in Japan. I didn't mean to be rude. I'm really sorry for what I did without thinking. Please no messages ...