People pass through the entrance gate to the Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images An American tourist is accused of desecrating the entrance ...

Thousands of people rallied in Tokyo against moves to redevelop the capital’s leafy Meiji Jingu Gaien district, carrying on a campaign that was central to acclaimed late musician Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Trees in Tokyo's Meiji Jingu Gaien area have started to be cut down to make way for a redevelopment project. If all goes according to plan, 619 trees will be removed. It is hard to say that the ...

An American man has been arrested for defacing the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo, as Japan struggles with heavy tourist numbers and misbehaving visitors. Tokyo Metropolitan Police allege the man ...

If everyone would just follow the rules like they do at home, we wouldn't have this problem. There was such a sign the last time I was at Meiji Jingu. If you enter from the Harajuku station side, you ...

A group of residents is suing Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward over a controversial redevelopment project in the Meiji Jingu Gaien district. The plaintiffs are demanding the revocation of a permit issued by ...

The area’s redevelopment plan involves relocating and replacing the aging Meiji Jingu Stadium and Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, as well as constructing two new skyscrapers. The demolition ...

Tokyo Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrest of a 65-year-old American on Wednesday (Nov 13) on suspicion of carving alphabetical characters into the pillar of a torii gate of the Meiji Jingu ...