Japanese citizens turning in cash found in tsunami zone. Democrats offer negro [looters] help.
Leroy N. Soetoro
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Tokyo (CNN) -- A tsunami that followed a massive earthquake last month may
have destroyed some of Japan's structures, but police say the honest
practice of turning in lost items, especially cash, remains intact.
Residents have turned in lost cash across the tsunami zone at a much
higher rate than usual, the Miyagi Prefectural Police Department tells
CNN.
A police spokesman, who asked not to be identified, citing department
policy, said he could not specify how much cash has been turned in to
lost-and-found offices at police stations. But, he said, of the 24 police
stations across Miyagi Prefecture, nine of them are on the Pacific
coastline.
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Between March 12, the day following the earthquake and tsunami, and March
31, those nine police stations collected 10 times the amount of lost cash
collected at the other 15 stations combined.
Japanese children, from a young age, are taught to turn in any lost items,
including cash, to police stations. The cultural practice of returning
lost items and never keeping what belongs to a stranger has meant police
departments like Tokyo's Metropolitan have an entire warehouse filled with
lost shoes, umbrellas and wallets.
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In the tsunami zone, where personal items lie amid miles of rubble, it's
meant that lost valuables have often gone directly to police, rather than
the pocket of the finder.
The lost cash hasn't been easy to handle, the Miyagi Prefectural Police
Department says. Money found along with some identification is being
returned, but officers have been able to return only 10% of the cash.
Cash that wasn't in a wallet is left unclaimed at the police station.
After three months, the person who turned in the cash is able to collect
that lost money. But police say people are already waiving their rights to
claim the cash when they turn it in.
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Unclaimed cash will eventually be sent to the Miyagi Prefectural
Government, though police say they do not know how it will be used.
Also found: Hundreds of safes that can't be opened. If the prefectural
government allocates funding for opening the safes, police will start
doing so.
Prefectural police believe that these safes could contain not only
currency, but bank books, stocks and land deeds, which could give a huge
boost to the amount of lost money.
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ByongHakYang What an admirable social moral fibres! That's why they are
one of the most civilized bodies. Amazing, Applaudable.
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cnnlol If this was America, everyone would be looting. This is part of the
reason
why America is in decline
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