TOKYO: An American arrested for defacing a Tokyo holy shrine has grow to be the most recent instance of Japan’s wrestle to cope with erratic customer conduct amid a growth in inbound tourism.
Japan welcomed practically 27 million guests in September, a file tempo, and their spending added 5.86 trillion yen ($37.5 billion) to the financial system. But incidents of vandalism, public drunkenness and “overtourism” at standard websites have sparked debate over tips on how to handle the circulate of tourists and people who break the principles.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Wednesday (Nov. 13) confirmed the arrest of a 65-year-old American for allegedly carving alphabetic characters into the pillar of a torii gate at Meiji Jingu Shrine on Tuesday.
The suspect and his household arrived in Japan on Monday to go to town, the Jiji information service mentioned. Security digicam footage led police to arrest him at his resort for allegedly utilizing his fingernail to carve 5 letters representing household names into the picket pillar, Jiji mentioned.
U.S. Embassy workers have visited the American and are offering consular help, a spokeswoman mentioned, declining to offer additional particulars for privateness causes.
