TOKYO, Aug 23 (News On Japan) –
The particular person suspected of being concerned within the vandalism of a stone pillar at Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine on August 19, left Japan for China on the day the graffiti was discovered.
The incident occurred earlier than 4 a.m. when graffiti was found on six places, together with a stone pillar close to the torii gate at Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda Ward. The graffiti, written with what seemed to be a black marker, included Chinese characters that means ‘rest room.’
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, safety cameras on the shrine captured footage of a suspicious particular person climbing the bottom of the stone pillar round 10 p.m. on August 18th. Subsequent investigations revealed that this particular person left Japan for China on August nineteenth. The particular person had reportedly been in Japan for a number of days earlier than the incident.
Additionally, after the incident, photographs of the graffiti and selfies taken with Yasukuni Shrine within the background have been posted on Chinese social media.
In a associated case in May of this 12 months, the identical stone pillar at Yasukuni Shrine was additionally defaced. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is conducting a radical investigation into the circumstances surrounding these acts of vandalism, treating them as circumstances of property injury.
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Source: TBS