Police Japan records a record for the return of items and funds after being reported missing in 2023: 29.79 million items and 22.85 billion yen ($145.7 million, 134.3 million euros or 2.428 billion pesos) returned to their owners last year.

Number of targets recovered increased by 3.15 million compared to 2022, while cash made it in 1.7 trillion yen ($10.8 million or 9.9 million euros), as reported this Monday by the national news agency. Kyodo.

The records are based on the recovery of tourism data in Japan following the Covid-19 pandemic, and authorities attributed an increase in the number of items found after being lost last year to the “miniaturization” of electronic devices and the “tendency to carry more accessories.” like wireless headphones, portable batteries or electronic cigarettes.

On the cash side, the rise in card payments could be responsible for the record as “more and more people are losing their wallets with money unused money still inside,” Kyodo gathered.

Quantity the reunited animals remained at the same level until 2022 – 12,722 dogs, 4,382 cats and 8,431 other animals, such as birds.

According to Japanese lost property law, targets and lost money excluding mobile phones and articles that contain personal information, They become the property of the person who found them. unless they are claimed within three months, as a rule.

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If whoever finds them loses this right, they will become the property of the prefectural government. Figures provided by Kyodo show that about 3.41 trillion yen ($21.75 billion or 20.045 million euros) found in cash and unclaimed turned out to be revenue from various prefectures.

This Asian country is also famous honesty of its citizens, They usually return items found on the street to the nearest police station so they can reach their rightful owners.

(according to information from EFE)