The Japanese embassy in the Philippines held discussions with the Philippine Department of Justice on the 30th regarding a series of wide-area robberies in Japan, and four Japanese suspects who are detained in the local immigration facility have been identified. It has been revealed that it has formally requested to hand over to the Japanese side.


In response, the Philippine Department of Justice has promised to cooperate.

In a series of wide-area robberies, there is a suspicion that a Japanese detained in a Philippine immigration facility called himself "Luffy" and gave instructions from the facility. The Metropolitan Police Department has indicated a policy of requesting the handover of four Japanese suspects, including Yuki Watanabe and Masato Imamura, who have an arrest warrant for being involved in the incident.



Regarding this, the Japanese embassy in Manila, the capital, told NHK on the afternoon of the 30th that it had consulted with the Philippine Department of Justice and officially requested that the four people be handed over.



In addition, the Philippine Department of Justice acknowledged that "consultations were held with the Japanese embassy," and that "the Japanese side presented an arrest warrant as the basis for the extradition request. In response, the Minister of Justice Lemuria asked the Japanese side We promised to cooperate."



Regarding the consultation between the two sides, Lemuria initially said that the meeting was scheduled for the 31st, but the Japanese embassy said it had been brought forward.



In the future, the focus will be on the Philippine side's response to the request. I want to hand it over as soon as possible.”