At the Japanese government's request, Brazil has indicted two Brazilian nationals in connection with crimes committed in Japan. Brazilian authorities have been sent the investigation materials needed to proceed with trials. If the suspects are found guilty, they will be punished under the Brazilian penal code.
Flight overseas by criminals has caused distress to the families of crime victims. Proxy punishment procedures will help unravel the truth of the crimes committed by foreigners who have left Japan and alleviate the distress of victims' families.
Both defendants in Brazil are Brazilians of Japanese descent. The first case involves a man charged in a 1999 hit-and-run incident that resulted in the death of a high school girl in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. The second man is charged with the 2005 robbery and murder of a restaurant owner, also in Hamamatsu, and with attempted arson.