The ‘Myakumyaku’ statue, the official character of Expo 2025, positioned in entrance of Osaka City Hall, has been vandalized with English textual content saying ‘Free Palestine’, prompting town to file a injury report.

According to Osaka City, round 5:30 a.m. on May 18th, a safety guard found the phrases “Free Palestine” spray-painted in English on the mouth of the “Myakumyaku” statue on the fundamental entrance of Osaka City Hall. The guard famous that in his patrol at round 11 p.m. the earlier evening, the statue was unmarked.

As a short lived measure, town has coated the textual content with white paper and plans to take away the graffiti. The metropolis has filed a injury report, and police are investigating the incident as suspected property injury.

This will not be the primary time the statue has been focused. In March, the face of the statue was broken, ensuing within the arrest of a person in his 40s, and the restore value roughly 330,000 yen.

Source: YOMIURI