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

The capital is undergoing the regeneration of an unused piece of land on an artificial island that it hopes to turn into an ...

TOKYO, Japan – An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan’s struggle to cope ...

The Meiji Jingu shrine, in Tokyo, honours the Emperor Meiji and his wife Empress Shoken (Picture: Meremagnum/Getty Images) An ...

Between September 13 and the following day, Yasuhiro Mita, an office worker, allegedly paid 10,000 yen to the girl, then 16, ...

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 71-year-old man who is suspected of carrying out a fraud in the ...

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