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The list of offences is long: an American tourist in his 60s was arrested for graffiti at Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu shrine; four Sri Lankans were questioned in connection with the theft of 220 cars; a Chinese woman was accused of running an illegal brothel; a British man is linked to a 13 million yen (US$83,200) theft; and a Chilean woman was filmed doing pull-ups on a shrine’s “torii” gate.

This growing backlash over these misdeeds is not only coming from the Japanese public but also from long-term foreign residents, who worry that these incidents may lead locals to view all outsiders as troublemakers, jeopardising the livelihoods and relationships they have built in their adopted country.

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3286789/japan-foreign-tourists-misdeeds-stir-outrage-debate-who-does-something?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage

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