An American tourist in Tokyo, Japan was arrested after he allegedly used his fingernails to carve five letters into a gate at the Meiji Jingu Shrine, which opened in 1920. On Tuesday, the 65-year ...

Developers have yet to submit a document required to cut down trees in Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu Gaien district for a much-criticized redevelopment project. Mitsui Fudosan Co., the Meiji Jingu shrine ...

The Japanese arm of an advisory body to UNESCO has called on the Tokyo metropolitan government to review a redevelopment project for the scenic Meiji Jingu Gaien district on grounds it could ...

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 ...

Trees in Tokyo's Meiji Jingu Gaien area have started to be cut down to make way for a redevelopment project. If all goes ...

The yellow leaves of ginkgo trees are seen at their peak of radiance, at the Meiji Jingu Gaien area in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Nov. 28, 2024. (Mainichi/Toshiki Miyama) =Click/tap photo for more images.