On 17 December 1996 , 14 members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement stormed the Japanese Ambassador 's residence in Lima as they were celebrating Japanese Emperor Akihito 's 63rd birthday , and took hostage more than 400 diplomatic , governmental and military officials . The insurgents believed that President Fujimori would be in attendance at the party . When they discovered that he was not present , they demanded from the Peruvian government the release of 300 jailed comrades . The incident became known as the '' Japanese embassy hostage crisis '' and lasted until 22 April 1997 when Peruvian commandos entered the residence and killed all 14 insurgents . During the siege , supreme court judge Carlos Giusti died in the operation and two soldiers were killed . Japanese Prime Minister , Ryutaro Hashimoto , thanked Peru for the release of the hostages In November 2000 , President Fujimori flew to Brunei to attend the 12th APEC summit . After the summit , he flew to Japan and faxed his resignation of the Presidency as a corruption scandal was collapsing his government . In Japan , Fujimori requested and was granted Japanese citizenship based on his origins . The Peruvian government , under President Alejandro Toledo requested Japan to extradite Fujimori to face 20 criminal charges , however , Japan refused to extradite one of its citizens , which harmed relations between both nations . In 2006 , Fujimori left Japan and flew to Mexico and Chile where he was arrested . He was trying to return to Peru to run for President
Japanese embassy hostage crisis
Japanese embassy hostage crisis
Japan–Peru relations