Lost your umbrella, keys, or perhaps a flying squirrel? In Tokyo, the police are almost certainly taking meticulous care of it.
In Japan, lost items are rarely disconnected from their owners for long, even in a mega city like Tokyo — population 14 million.
“Foreign visitors are often surprised to get their things back,” said Hiroshi Fujii, a 67-year-old tour guide at Tokyo’s vast police lost-and-found center.