On June 1, 2024, Chinese internet celebrity Dong Guangming, known as 'Iron Head' (铁头), vandalized the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Guangming urinated on a stone pillar and spray-painted the word 'toilet' on it. The incident was recorded by a professional photographer and has sparked significant controversy. Japanese police are seeking Guangming, who has since returned to China and received a warm welcome from his fans. The Yasukuni Shrine is a contentious site as it houses the remains of Class A war criminals. Workers have since cleaned the defaced pillar.
Chinese man suspected of graffitiing word "toilet" at war-linked Yasukuni shrine https://t.co/UbYs7Ia2pX
Workers cleaned a stone pillar at the entrance to Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine after someone spray-painted the word ‘toilet’ on it https://t.co/khdagSy5nq
Japanese police are after a notorious Chinese social media influencer who defaced Yasukuni Shrine to boost his own reputation. Here's what we know about the attack on the controversial shrine that houses Class A war criminals. https://t.co/PZL04nmDBs
This guy has returned to China and has been warmly welcomed by his fans. So it seems that he traveled to Japan specifically to do this. The filming of his peeing process at the Yasukuni Shrine was quite professional and he should have brought a professional photographer or a… https://t.co/7TnnOEC2Cz https://t.co/jR2DSJsEU2
How would you define this kind of behavior? China's famous internet celebrity "Iron Head Punishes Evil and Promotes Good (鐵頭懲惡揚善)", whose real name is Dong Guangming (董光明), urinated on the stone pillar of Japan's Yasukuni Shrine on June 1, 2024, and wrote the word… https://t.co/23K0pUz2Q2
June 1: 🇨🇳 KOL ”铁头” (Iron head) (real name: 董光明 Dong Guangming ) released a video — recorded by someone on his team — of him vandalizing Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, by peeing on a stone pillar there and then spraying the word “toilet” on the pillar with red paint…… https://t.co/FhwWc8dLo8