Japanese police hunt for suspects in vandalism at contentious war shrine

Japanese police are looking for people who painted the word "toilet" on a Tokyo shrine. This happened because they are upset about radioactive wastewater being released from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The graffiti was found on a stone pillar at Yasukuni Shrine. A man named Iron Head posted a video criticizing the wastewater release. He urinated on the pillar and wrote "toilet" in English with spray paint. The police are investigating two suspects from the video. They think the incident happened after the shrine closed on Friday and the person responsible may have left Japan already. The wastewater release from Fukushima has caused problems for fishing groups and countries like China, which stopped importing Japanese seafood. This ban has hurt Japanese scallop farmers who export to China. Yasukuni Shrine is a place that honors Japanese war dead, but it is controversial because it also includes war criminals. Countries like China and Korea see the shrine as a symbol of Japan's militarism. They criticize Japanese lawmakers who visit the shrine for not showing enough regret for Japan's actions during wartime. The graffiti was removed by Monday.