The residents of Tokyoconsistent in the national characteristic of honesty, found and delivered altogether 3.99 billion yen (around €28 million) lost money to the police in 2022, an average of over €76,000 per day.
According to the national police, this amount exceeded the all-time record of 2019 (when the amount of lost cash handed in by the police departments of the Japanese capital had reached 3.84 billion yen).
The relevant police department returned about 3 billion yen to people who lost them, while a total of 480 million yen, which was unclaimed and whose rightful owner was not found, was given as a reward to those who found it.
3.43 million items were also handed over to the police in 2022, of which
- 730,000 driving licenses, identity cards and other similar documents
- 390,000 passenger cards and rechargeable public transport cards
- 300,000 gloves and clothing items and
- 300,000 wallets
According to the corresponding law, anyone who finds someone else’s money must hand it over to the police – although they have the right to claim a cash reward of between 5-20% if it is returned to its rightful owner.
If the money remains unclaimed after the end of the three months, the amount in its entirety is attributed to the person who found it and delivered it. If the person who delivered it doesn’t claim it either after an additional two months (five in total), then it becomes the property of the local government.
Police believe that the increase in missing cash indicates that the coronavirus pandemic is coming to an end.
“It may be a result of the increase in people moving after the drastic relaxation of border control measures, and the resumption of socio-economic activities,” an official told the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper.
Source: Guardian
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