"In Japan, there is no need to be lost." Statistics on the missing in Tokyo

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Japan is one of the few countries that has maintained its cultural and social identity despite modernity and globalization. Japan is one of the few countries that has maintained its cultural and social identity..

Despite the enormity of the Japanese capital Tokyo, nothing has been lost. A total of 3.8 billion yen in lost cash was delivered to the Tokyo police in 2018, an increase of 2.4 percent year-on-year and for the third consecutive year.

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During the same year, 8.4 billion yen in cash was reported to the city police and a simple calculation shows that 45.7% of the total cash lost to the owners was returned.

This latest statistic contrasts with the popular image of the Japanese capital Tokyo as a cold, rigid city where no one cares about who is around it in the fast pace of daily life and people's preoccupation.

Statistics on missing items in Tokyo

During the year 2018, 2.8 billion yen was repaid in cash to its original owners. About 0.5 billion yen was given to those who found the money when the original owner could not be reached and about 0.6 billion yen of revenue was brought to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government due to cases in which those who found the funds Keep it for not finding its original owner.

Nothing is lost in Japan

The number of items found including cash delivered to Metropolitan Police rose on an annualized basis by 4.6% in 2018 to a new record, reaching 4.1 million pieces, the most common type of returned items was the documents Such as driver's licenses, health insurance or credit cards totaling 752,000, followed by some 552,000 something of value, such as passenger tickets or other smart cards.