Japanese police seek arrest of Chinese boy over Yasukuni Shrine graffiti

Give that boy the same punishment which CCP give to him if he had done something similar in China.. Then such nuisances can prevent ..

At least he didn't firebomb it like other Chinese have.

Chinese leading the way in these types of shocking attacks.

Never too early to know about to learn about international dispute.

The same pillar was defaced in May with the English word "toilet" in red spray paint, leading to the indictment of a Chinese man by Tokyo prosecutors in July for property damage and desecration of a place of worship.

That pillar is being favorite target for Chinese tourist now.

That boy is the product of the Chinese hate propaganda that is bombarded through their media to nurture hate against a pacific neighbour country.

The teen must face the consequences of his acts but the core problem must be faced also to the Chinese authorities and urge them to put a break to these revengist sentiments otherwise it will be a never ending problem.

Why spend all that money to go to another country just to get arrested.

While the act is delinquent and illegal, it is necessary to keep it in proportion to other more serious crimes esp those of violence.

A marker pen scribble of kanji characters by a youth is not the end of the world.

That this case should be pursued overseas would be a needless waste of time, effort and money.

And those that think this is some CCP hatched plan for revenge are just way off the mark.

I suspect that all of the media focus re this has created an air of notoriety for the boy and possibly encourage copycat acts.

To simply and quite easily remove the ink with no publicity, will do more to stifle such further vandalism than an OMG uproar.

Could we please move the war criminals out of this shrine? It's just a distraction from more important topics.

Can we call teenagers teenagers and not boy or teenage boy?

If he is age 18 years old, he is not a boy. He is an adult under Japanese and also Chinese law. Does your staff have sympathy for this Chinese male?

While the Chinese teenager may have comitted the actual crime, it is the CCP that ingrained anti-Japan sentiment into him over something that happened 80 years ago.

I believe the use of the term "Teenage Boy" was to differentiate between a "Teenage Girl", which would not have been covered by the word "Teenager" alone.

This means that the police are looking for a male.

I could be wrong.

"The suspect, who also faces a charge of desecration of a place of worship, has already left Japan for Hong Kong. He is accused of writing Chinese characters meaning "toilet" on a stone pillar of the Tokyo shrine using a black felt-tip pen shortly after 10 p.m. on Aug. 18."

Well, one should never do what this boy did, but he's not wrong about Yasukuni being a toilet.

Not surprised some are lowkey condoning what he did, solely due to his nationality and what he vandalized.

While the act is delinquent and illegal, it is necessary to keep it in proportion to other more serious crimes esp those of violence.

A marker pen scribble of kanji characters by a youth is not the end of the world.

That this case should be pursued overseas would be a needless waste of time, effort and money.

I'm sure you would not feel the same way if some random Japanese tourist scribbled kanji characters on the Lincoln Memorial, or the World War 2 memorial.

oldman - thanks for your response.

Actually I have no specific thoughts one way or the other re similar writing on other memorials. Context is critical.

If it was at the same level, I'd see it for what it is - an act of low level vandalism done to cause a "bit of strife". The culprit probably thought it was a kind of prank, like those often pulled by testosterone fueled male youths.

On the other hand, if the memorial was rammed by a car, taken to with a sledge hammer or covered in blood and offal etc etc, then I'd be much more disturbed.

Or if it was done by a badge carrying CCP member in full people's army cosplay regalia, then I'd also be taking a different slant.

But keeping it all in perspective, imo it is not an international incident that warrants the level of publicity and police investigation that we are witnessing.

And please don't infer that I condone things that I don't.