As a Korean Buddhist, this is heartbreaking. It's like the young rich white kids' ignorance take over thousands years old tradition and belief.
Edgy copycat and those angry, hysterical, paranoiac, fanatic, ignorant white kids took down literally thousands years old tradition and symbol because "they didn't like it".
That ignorant article says "some people in Japan are not happy.".
Any sane men with brain will think this is crazy. Finally their fanatic ideology starting to hurt our religion and spirituality.
Sooner or later they will publicly behead Asian Buddhists just like Chinese Red Guards did, in the name of "Social Justice" and "Progressive". And those fanatic rich white kids will blame us "Racist" and deserved it.