The amount of lost cash reached 35 million USD and 25 million USD were returned in Tokyo during 2011.
Feb 01st 2012 03:36
In Japan, at the self-service cafe, people first leave their personal belongings at the table in order to reserve their seats, and then go buy something. Even when it's impossible for them to keep their personal belongings left in sight while going buy something, they don't care. They believe that nobody intends to steal these personal belongings, even if they leave their cell phones on the table. Every time I see that, I realize that Japan is still good to live in. At the same time, I wonder if that careless behavior is still acceptable since I feel that large cities in Japan have become less safe.
On top of that, when we drop or forget something somewhere, we can often get it back. If, at the store, we find things which it seems that somebody forgot or dropped, we'll pass them to the shop staff. If we find them at the train station, we'll take them to the station staff. When we find them in town, if they are seemingly valuable, we'll turn them in the police. If they aren't, we'll leave them untouched. Needless to say, there are people who pocket them when finding them. Also, we don't expect them to be pocketed after we take them to where lost articles are supposed to be taken.
A few days ago, I was surprised to know about lost articles in Tokyo during 2011. According to the recent announcement of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, 2,936,000 items were turned in the department in Tokyo during 2011. This number was the highest and up 3.4% from 2010. Surprisingly, among that lost articles, the amount of lost cash reached about 2.8billion JPY (35 million USD, 1 USD=80JPY). More surprisingly, out of this, about 2 billion JPY (25 million USD) were returned to people who had lost them. About 500 million JPY in total (6.25 million USD) were given to people who had found them because people who had lost them didn't appear. As for the remaining 300 million JPY (3.75 million USD), it became the revenue of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government as people who had found didn't want to receive them.
Other than cash
-Clothes like scarves and towels: 460,000 items
-Umbrellas: 330,000 items
-Cellphones: 130,000 items
I hope that Japan will continue to be safer.
http://www.nikkei.com/news/headline/archive/article/g=96958A9C93819695E0E5E2E6938DE0EAE2E3E0E2E3E09191E3E2E2E2
On top of that, when we drop or forget something somewhere, we can often get it back. If, at the store, we find things which it seems that somebody forgot or dropped, we'll pass them to the shop staff. If we find them at the train station, we'll take them to the station staff. When we find them in town, if they are seemingly valuable, we'll turn them in the police. If they aren't, we'll leave them untouched. Needless to say, there are people who pocket them when finding them. Also, we don't expect them to be pocketed after we take them to where lost articles are supposed to be taken.
A few days ago, I was surprised to know about lost articles in Tokyo during 2011. According to the recent announcement of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, 2,936,000 items were turned in the department in Tokyo during 2011. This number was the highest and up 3.4% from 2010. Surprisingly, among that lost articles, the amount of lost cash reached about 2.8billion JPY (35 million USD, 1 USD=80JPY). More surprisingly, out of this, about 2 billion JPY (25 million USD) were returned to people who had lost them. About 500 million JPY in total (6.25 million USD) were given to people who had found them because people who had lost them didn't appear. As for the remaining 300 million JPY (3.75 million USD), it became the revenue of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government as people who had found didn't want to receive them.
Other than cash
-Clothes like scarves and towels: 460,000 items
-Umbrellas: 330,000 items
-Cellphones: 130,000 items
I hope that Japan will continue to be safer.
http://www.nikkei.com/news/headline/archive/article/g=96958A9C93819695E0E5E2E6938DE0EAE2E3E0E2E3E09191E3E2E2E2
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In Japan, at the self-service cafes, people first leave their personal belongings at the table in order to reserve their seats, and then go buy something.
Even when it's impossible for them to keep their personal belongings left in sight while going to buy something, they don't care.
They believe that nobody intends to steal (or, "nobody will steal") these personal belongings, even if they leave their cell phones on the table.
Every time I see that, I realize that Japan is still good to live in. (or, "Whenever I see that, it reminds me that Japan is still a good place to live in."
On top of that, when we drop or forget something somewhere, we can often get it back. ("On top of that" is usually used to add something to the previous statement. Your sentence actually seems to contradict the previous statement. Perhaps "However," would be better. ;) )
A few days ago, I was surprised to learn some statistics about lost articles in Tokyo during 2011.
According to the recent announcement of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, 2,936,000 items were turned in to the department in Tokyo during 2011.
This number was the highest ever and up 3.4% from 2010.
Surprisingly, among those lost articles, the amount of lost cash reached about 2.8billion JPY (35 million USD, 1 USD=80JPY).
More surprisingly, out of this, about 2 billion JPY (25 million USD) were returned to people who had lost them.
Also, great job on your journal entry! Very few and very small mistakes. :D
I think that Japan is safe compared with other countries but please keep in mind that big cities are not as safe as expected.
>What suprises me most is that people care so little about their belongings that they lose all that stuff.
It's true. If lost items which weren't reported and tuned in to the police are included, the number will sharply sore.
>However, I guess numbers are similar for all industrialized nations.
Maybe. It may be interesting to compared with other countries.
In Japan, at the self-service cafe, people first leave their personal belongings at the table in order to reserve their seats, and then go buy something.
They don't believe that anybody would intend to steal these personal belongings, even if they leave their cell phones on the table.
Every time I see that, I realize that Japan is still good to live in.
On top of that, when we drop or forget something somewhere, we can often get it back.
If, at the store, we find lost items we'll pass them to the shop staff.
I also lost my phone and didn't get it back. I went to the police and reported it and also went back to the place to look for it. There were some men doing the gardening so I asked them but they just said 'wakarimasen' - I wasn't sure if they meant they couldn't understand me or if they didn't know where it was.
Did you have your money stolen and lose your phone while you were in Tokyo for a year? I'm very sorry for that.
In the case where you had something stolen, there is a little chance of getting it back, although I often hear that people got lost items back without cash.
>I also lost my phone and didn't get it back.
When you notice that, did you call to your number? Maybe, you did. There are many friends of mine who lost their money but got it back, but needles to say, it totally depends on the situation and the place.
>ust said 'wakarimasen' - I wasn't sure if they meant they couldn't understand me or if they didn't know where it was.
I don't know about the situation, but it sounds like they didn't understand you.
When I lost my phone, my sister and I had gone to Kokuritsu stadium so we listen to the Arashi concert from outside. We were sitting on the grass and I think my phone fell out of my bag then.
I think maybe because there were so many people both outside and at the concert, around 70,000 all together, my phone might have got crushed when everyone left.
The men I spoke to were doing the gardening around the stadium the next day. I think they just didn't care but if they had found it, I'm sure they'd have given it to their supervisor or someone to hand to the police.
My phone was with AU and, when I bought it, they said they had an English language helpline. When I called them though, that person really did not have very good English. Even though my Japanese is not very good, it was easier for me to tell them in Japanese.