The graffiti at Yasukuni Shrine was committed by a teenage male or a group of other people who arrived in Japan from China a few days before， carried out the act alone， and left the country on the same day．

In an investigation into the incident in which graffiti was found on a stone pillar at Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo on the 19th, it was learned on the 23rd from an investigator that the person believed to be involved and who left for China on the same day is a teenage boy. They came to Japan as a group a few days before the incident. The graffiti is believed to have been done by one person, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the case as a case of property damage. According to investigators, the man was staying at a hotel in Shinjuku Ward. Security cameras captured the man climbing onto the base of the stone pillar on the night of the 18th, and it is believed he posted images of the graffiti on a Chinese social networking site. He reportedly went to Yasukuni Shrine alone and then returned to the same ward. The graffiti was discovered by shrine staff at around 3:50 a.m. on the 19th, and featured Chinese characters meaning “toilet” and other words written on the stone pillar. Sankei News
2024/8/23 13:15.

靖国神社落書きは中国籍の10代男性か　単独で実行、発覚日にホテルに戻り出国

靖国神社（東京都千代田区）の神社名が刻まれた「社号標」と呼ばれる石柱への落書きが見つかった事件で、関与した人物は中国籍の10代男性とみられることが23日、捜査…

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