On the 30th, the Japanese side formally requested the Philippine government to hand over the custody of four Japanese people detained in the immigration facility regarding a series of wide-area robberies that have occurred one after another in Japan.


The Philippine side has shown a willingness to cooperate, but some suspects are undergoing criminal proceedings for another case in the country, and the focus will be on extradition.

The Japanese embassy in the Philippines announced on the 30th that it held discussions with the Philippine Department of Justice and officially requested that the four Japanese people detained in the local immigration facility be handed over to the Japanese side.



According to the Philippine Department of Justice, Lemuria has promised to cooperate with Japan and wants to hand it over as soon as possible.



On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police Department has issued an arrest warrant for four people who were involved in a special fraud case, etc., and Yuki Watanabe is facing criminal proceedings for another assault case in the Philippines, making it difficult to extradite him. It is



However, according to the Ministry of Justice, in the Philippines, there are cases in which acquaintances and others are asked to file a trial against themselves in order to avoid deportation on suspicion of violating the Immigration Control Act.



The Minister of Justice Lemuria said, "If it is possible to suspend the procedure, we will work to withdraw it."