[ Van Zieks does have the courtesy to give a bow in return, though he is gritting his teeth at hearing the '-san' attached to his name. It sounds too foreign. Almost half a year of living in Japan and yet some prejudices run deep... Ah well, it's diplomacy time now. ]

It is a pleasure to meet you. Your reports are correct, we have sent a number of warrants into the territory. Not all of them were from my office, but I have been making an attempt at handling the majority.

If you have questions about the legitimacy of individual warrants, my office can easily back up the claims.