A record 3.997 billion yen in found cash was handed in to the Tokyo police last year, the highest amount since records began in 1940, the Metropolitan Police Department has said.
According to the MPD, the amount jumped by 600 million yen from the previous year. The highest amount in a single case was about 34 million yen, which was found in a box.
There were 3.71 million found items handed into the police, up about 20% from about 3.02 million in the previous year. Of the most common items handed in, about 730,000 were ID documents such as driving licenses and insurance cards.
Another 390,000 were items with financial value, such as transportation IC cards.
About 727 million yen of unclaimed money and proceeds from the sale of unclaimed items was put into the coffers of the Tokyo metropolitan government.
The MPD believes that the increase in found items is partly due to more people going out as infection control measures were relaxed. The MPD is urging people to take care of their belongings as they go out during the busy cherry blossom season.
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