靖国神社に「厠所」落書き　器物損壊容疑で捜査―警視庁

　１９日午前３時５０分ごろ、東京都千代田区九段北の靖国神社で、職員から「石柱に落書きがある」と１１０番があった。警視庁麹町署は「厠所」などの落書きを確認し、器物損壊容疑で調べている。
　同署によると、落書きは神社入り口の神社名を記した石柱とその台座に複数あった。黒色のペンのようなもので、漢字で「厠所」やアルファベットの文字が書かれていた。
　靖国神社の石柱には５月、赤色のスプレーで「Ｔｏｉｌｅｔ（トイレ）」と落書きがされた。同庁公安部は７月、中国籍の男３人の逮捕状を取得。うち１人を逮捕し、中国に出国した２人を指名手配している。（2024/08/19-11:00）

Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine was found Monday to have suffered graffiti damage again.
   According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Kojimachi station, a word in kanji Chinese characters that means toilet and some roman letters were found written apparently with a black pen on a stone pillar at the entrance of the war-related Shinto shrine. Staff at the shrine called the police around 3:50 a.m. Having confirmed the graffiti, the police are investigating the case for alleged vandalism.
   At the shrine, graffiti in red spray paint that reads "toilet" was found on the Yasukuni stone pillar in May. The MPD obtained arrest warrants for three Chinese nationals over the incident in July. One of them has been arrested, while two others who fled to China have been placed on the wanted list.
   The Tokyo shrine honors Class-A World War II criminals along with the war dead. In neighboring countries such as China and South Korea, the shrine is seen as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.