Overview

• Jiang Zhuojun, a Chinese national living in Tokyo, was arrested for allegedly defacing the Yasukuni Shrine.
• Two other Chinese suspects, Dong Guangming and Xu Laiyu, are wanted by Japanese authorities and have reportedly left the country.
• The vandalism, which included spray-painting 'toilet' and urinating on a pillar, caused damage estimated at $26,000.
• The act was reportedly a protest against Japan's release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant.
• The Yasukuni Shrine, honoring Japan's war dead including war criminals, has long been a point of contention in East Asia.