The bodies of a Japanese woman in her 20s and her Filipino mother were found in the backyard of a house in Quezon province in the northern Philippines. According to local police, the two people were buried, and they are investigating the matter as a case by interviewing the mother's sister who lives in the house.

The two had been living in Japan, but had been missing since the 21st of last month while visiting the Philippines, and their relatives had filed a search request on the 9th of this month.