Vatican condemns 'defiance' after indigenous Amazon statues are thrown into river
The Vatican on Monday spoke of an "act of defiance" after some indigenous Amazonian statues were taken from a Rome church and dumped into the Tiber River following criticism from ultra-conservative Catholics. Anonymous individuals filmed themselves taking the five statues of a naked, pregnant woman ...
Vandalism suspected after 'Eye of Shinjuku' artwork found damaged
A large eye-shaped piece of artwork that served as a popular meeting spot near the west exit of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo has been vandalized, police said Tuesday. Damage spanning 20 centimeters to the center-right of the artwork was inflicted and not due to natural ...
Macron mulls state of emergency after worst unrest in decades, Arc de Triomphe vandalism
President Emmanuel Macron considered declaring a state of emergency as he met security chiefs on Sunday seeking a way out of nationwide protests after rioters turned central Paris into a battle zone and vandalized the Arc de Triomphe monument. Riot police on Saturday were overwhelmed ...
Man vandalizes Trump's Hollywood sidewalk star with a pickax, is arrested
A man with a pickax vandalized U.S. President Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame early on Wednesday and later surrendered to police, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department said. "A pickax was used in vandalizing the star" embedded in the ...
Anti-Korean graffiti found in Japanese city following cancellation of alleged hate speech event
Dozens of places in Kawasaki are marred by slurs directed at ethnic Korean residents just days after protesters blocked an alleged hate speech event.
Tourists deface iconic bamboo plants in Kyoto's Arashiyama district
At least 100 bamboo plants in Kyoto's Arashiyama district have been vandalized by tourists, who apparently engraved their names and initials, a company managing the iconic groves of the popular tourist spot said Thursday. The engravings carved on the stems of the plants are in ...
Tokyo Metro trains vandalized for third time in seven days
In the early hours of Thursday, Tokyo Metro Co. discovered one of its trains had been vandalized overnight with graffiti while parked near Nakano Station, the subway operator said. The incident was the third in the past seven days where Tokyo Metro subway trains had ...
Security camera footage leads police to arrest woman over graffiti at Nagano temple
Police arrested a woman on Tuesday for alleged vandalism at a building in the historically important Zenkoji Temple complex in Nagano Prefecture, while also looking into her possible connection with other graffiti found there. The 47-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion that she made x-marks ...
Police have launched an investigation into vandalism following the discovery of graffiti at Zenkoji Temple in the city of Nagano. Part of the temple is designated as a national treasure. Officials at the temple contacted police Sunday, and they later found at least 30 marks, ...
Four teens arrested over vandalism at site of Okinawa wartime mass suicide
Four teens have been arrested on suspicion of vandalism at a cave in Okinawa Prefecture where civilians were forced to commit mass suicide in the closing days of World War II, police have said. The boys, between the ages of 16 and 19, have admitted ...
Historic Taipei shrine dating back to Japanese colonial era vandalized
A historic shrine in Taipei dating back to the Japanese colonial period has been vandalized, local media reported Tuesday. On Monday, it was discovered that a komainu (lion-dog) statue at the Yuanshan Water Shrine was stolen and that brown columns of the structure were splattered ...
Statue of Japanese civil engineer in southern Taiwan park found beheaded
A statue commemorating a Japanese civil engineer in southern Taiwan who contributed to Taiwan's development was found decapitated Sunday, local media reported. Central News Agency and other outlets said an investigation is underway to uncover the motive behind the vandalism and that Tainan Mayor William ...
