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Controversial Chinese Influencer Desecrates Controversial Japanese Shrine
Japanese police are after a notorious Chinese social media influencer who defaced Yasukuni Shrine to boost his own reputation.
Saturday morning (JST), a man identifying as “Iron Head” protested against Japan’s release of water from damaged nuclear power plants in Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean by splashing his own urine and spraying “Toilet” onto the country’s monumental — and controversial — shrine, Yasukuni.
Man sprays urine and paint at controversial shrine
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police are on the search for the man who appears in a now-viral video, spray painting the word “Toilet” in red on a stone pillar at Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo early Saturday morning.
Yasukuni Shrine is shrouded in controversy as the memorial site for over 2.5 million people who died in war. That includes the 14 convicted Class-A war criminals of World War 2. Visits of Japanese Prime Ministers to the Shinto shrine ignite backlash as critics say it violates the separation of religion and state.
A passerby discovered the graffiti passerby on June 1st around 6:20 AM, who notified a nearby police officer. Police cordoned off the pillar with a blue tarp as cleaners removed…
