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TOKYO: A Japanese man tasked with preserving cultural heritage accidentally ploughed his car into the country’s oldest toilet in a centuries-old Buddhist temple, partially destroying it, police …
Man tasked to preserve Japan’s oldest washroom ends up crashing car into it
A man had accidentally reversed his car into the site at Tofukuji Temple in western Kyoto. Read more at straitstimes.com.