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Student suspected of spraying graffiti at Emperor Meiji's mausoleum in Kyoto

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Have him remove other graffiti on weekends for a month. Who knows? It might lead to a part-time job and some responsibility.

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He should be shipped off to the JGSDF!!

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I remember when this news first hit. People said it was probably a foreign tourist.

It seems not to be the case.

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I feel there is a growing anti-foreign sentiment in this country at the moment and it's affecting me quite badly. So much so, that when I opened this article I just scanned for the word foreign and breathed a sigh of relief when I couldn't find it.

It's a sad state of affairs that will only get worse. Should we rejoice in the Japanese failures such as this for clearing our good names as "the foreigners"?

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Kilroy was here?

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masterblasterToday 11:47 am JST

I remember when this news first hit. People said it was probably a foreign tourist.

> It seems not to be the case.

Yes, and that's why there are so few comments here. Probably didn't have much legs on J-TV either. It's only heinous to most in the native AND expat community when a foreigner does it.

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Yes totally agree, have the 15 year old student purge, contemplate his frustration, teen angst, cleaning his graffiti at Emperor Meiji's mausoleum with a tooth brush, and a cloth.

He will still be there at Christmas.

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I feel there is a growing anti-foreign sentiment in this country at the moment and it's affecting me quite badly. 

Perhaps the headline should be Japanese student suspected of spraying graffiti.

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"I feel there is a growing anti-foreign sentiment in this country at the moment and it's affecting me quite badly."

Dan; your posting is affecting me at the moment, too! Hang in there and keep smiling, stay positive!

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What has happened to the world? Back in the 80s we had a much better way of getting rid of our teenage frustrations. I like to think that we all played our part in making Kleenex the corporation it is today.

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