Tokyo police arrested a 65-year-old American man Wednesday on suspicion of property damage after he allegedly carved letters into the wooden pillar of a torii gate at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward.

The suspect, identified as Steve Lee Hayes, whose address and occupation are unknown, has admitted to the allegations. He reportedly admitted that he “wrote his family members’ names.”

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    7 days ago

    [full name], whose address and occupation are unknown […]

    what? So if you knew his addres, you would have doxxed him without a problem?

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      7 days ago

      The Japanese anonymous internet would dox him and harass him. Lots of online malice to be found on 2chan or whatever. No need for anyone here to do it.

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      Hopefully it would’ve just been “[full name], an [occupation] from [city, state]”, but I suppose we never know