Since late January, Japan has been gripped by a spate of robberies and the subsequent revelations that social media appears to have made it possible for a disparate group of individuals organized from overseas to carry them out.
The Philippines deports to Japan two of four Japanese men suspected of planning and coordinating a string of robberies across Japan beginning last year.
The Philippines is expected to repatriate at least two of the four Japanese detainees believed to be involved in a string of robberies across Japan as early as Feb. 7, investigative sources say.
The deportation of Yuki Watanabe, alias "Luffy," the suspected mastermind behind a string of robberies in Japan who is now in detention in the Philippines, could be derailed by charges he faces in a separate case in the Southeast Asian country, according to a Philippine investigative source.